LITERATURE -- HIKMET, N. 835 Satir. (Istanbul, Muallim Ahmet Halit, 1929). 48 pp. Or. dec. wrps. (Sm. corner of front side gone, spine dam./partly gone, browned/foxed as usual).
Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963) is considered the founder of modern Turkish poetry, who transcended Ottoman versification and absorbed the influence of Russian futurist writers such as Sergei Esenin, but above all Vladimir Mayakovsky. - Rare first edition.€ 100