SEVİN, Nureddin

Writer and translator (b. 1900, İstanbul – d. 17 September 1975). After he graduated from İstanbul Robert College (1917) and the Teacher Training School for Men (1923), he studied at the West Theatre School in London.

When he returned to Türkiye (1923), he worked as a teacher in İstanbul at Kabataş High School for Boys and as a faculty member at the Faculty of Political Sciences and the State Conservatory. He is buried in Beşiktaş Yahya Efendi Graveyard.

Nureddin Sevin, who was also a poet, is known for his plays and critiques together with his translations from classical and contemporary western writers. He won the second award of the Turkish Housewives Association in 1968 with his play, Alexius'un Sancıları (Alexius’ Stomachache).

WORKS:

POETRY:Mir'at-ı Şikeste (Broken Mirror, 1920).

PLAY:Pedagojik Temsiller (Pedagogic Performances, 1938), Gazan (Gazan, operet, 1938), Alexius'un Sancıları (Alexius’ Stomachache, 1968), Nilüfer (Lily, 1969).