Halide Nusret Zorlutuna

Halide Nusret Zorlutuna (1901 – 10 June 1984) was a Turkish poet and novelist.

Biography

Zorlutuna was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire as the daughter of Mehmet Selim Bey, a journalist and political prisoner.[1] Brought up in exile with her father, she later married and travelled with an army officer.[2] A teacher of Turkish literature in schools, she took part in movements for the rights of women and children.[1]

Her sister İsmet Kür (1916–2013) was an educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature.[3][4] Her niece Pınar Kür (born 1943) is a journalist.[3]

Publications
  • Poetry
    • Geceden Taşan Dertler (Sorrow Flooding Off Night, 1930)
    • Yayla Türküsü (Song of the Plateau, 1943)
    • Yurdumun Dört Bucağı (Every Place of My Country, 1950)
    • Ellerim Bomboş (My Hands Are Empty, 1967).
  • Novels
    • Küller (Ashes, 1921)
    • Sisli Geceler (Misty Nights, 1922)
    • Gülün Babası Kim (Who is the Father of Rose, 1933)
    • Büyükanne (Grandmother, 1971)
    • Aydınlık Kapı (The Bright Gate, 1974)
    • Aşk ve Zafer (The Love and the Victory, 1978)
    • Bir Devrin Romanı (Novel of an Age, 2004).
  • Short stories
    • Beyaz Selvi (The White Cypress, 1945).
  • Letters
    • Hanım Mektupları (Lady Letters, 1923).
  • Autobiography
    • Benim Küçük Dostlarım (My Little Friends, 1977).

References
  1. Claire Buck, ed., Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature, 1990
  2. 'Zorlutuna, Halidé Nusret (1901–1984)', in Anne Commire and Deborah Klezmer, eds., Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages, 2006. Reprinted online at HighBeam.
  3. "Dalyaya iki kala İsmet Kür'e maşallah". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 25 February 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. Kutsal, Sabia (22 January 2013). "İsmet Kür vefat etti". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2 August 2018.


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