SALAHADDİN ENİS

Novelist (b. 1892, Antalya – d. 11 June 1942, İstanbul). He left İstanbul Faculty of Law early due to the beginning of the World War I and joined the army.

After the armistice, he worked as a clerk at the Senate and as a supervisor and person in charge of editing and publication at the Maritime Office. He died of pneumonia. He is buried in Feriköy Graveyard.

He began his career as a journalist in the newspaper Tanin in 1912. He published a literature review called Kaplan (1919). He worked as the chief editor for the newspaper Şebab (1920-21).

His articles and stories were also published in the reviews Fağfur (1918), Şair (1918-19) and Nedim (1919). He became well known for his stories and novels in which he wrote about people living in the wealthy districts of İstanbul during World War I.

WORKS:

SHORT STORY:Bataklık Çiçeği (The Swamp Flower, 1924).

NOVEL:Neriman (Neriman, 1910), Zaniyeler (Adulteress, 1924), Sârâ (Epilepsy, 1926), Cehennem Yolcuları (The Passengers to Hell, 1926).

In addition, his novels titled Orta Malı (Common Possession), Ayarı Bozuklar (Out of Order), Endam Aynası (Full-Length Mirror) and Mahalle (Neighborhood) were published as serials, but not published as a book.