NERİMAN HİKMET

Poet, journalist and writer (b. 22 December 1912, İstanbul – d. 31 October 1987, İstanbul). Her surname was Öztekin. She graduated from İstanbul İstiklal High School. She did not complete her higher education. As a journalist she worked for newspapers such as Haber, Vatan, İkdam, Son Saat, Ankara Telgraf etc, she retired in 1968. Her poems featured in the journal Servet-i Fünûn between 1937 and 1938.

WORKS:

POETRY: Konya Yolunda Tahassüsler (Feelings on the Konya Road, 1931), Tren (Train, 1935).

NOVEL: Köyün Dulları (Widows of the Village, 1944).

INTERVIEW: Ankara Kabristanında Açan Güller (Roses Growing in Ankara Cemetery, 1966).

REVIEW: Gazetelerin Yazmadığı, Partilerin Konuşmadığı Hakikatler (Facts That Newspapers Did Not Print And Political Parties That Were Not Talked About, 1948), Mevlânâ: Bilimsel Gerçeklik Açısından Varoluş Felsefesi (Mevlana, Philosophy of Existence from the Angle of Scientific Reality, 1975).