A FEMALE AUTHOR AND POET OF MACEDONIAN TURKISH LITERATURE: CEVAHIR SELIM Cover Image

MAKEDONYA TÜRK EDEBİYATI KADIN ŞAİR VE YAZARLARINDAN CEVAHİR SELİM
A FEMALE AUTHOR AND POET OF MACEDONIAN TURKISH LITERATURE: CEVAHIR SELIM

Author(s): Zeki Gürel
Subject(s): Macedonian Literature, Turkish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Kültür Ajans Tanıtım ve Organizasyon
Keywords: Modern Turkish Literature in Macedonia; Female Authors and Poets in Macedonian Turkish Literature; Cevahir Selim;

Summary/Abstract: There are only a few female authors and poets in Macedonian Turkish Literature. One of the first female autors and poets of Modern Macedonian Turkish Literature is Cevahir Selim. She is an author and poet and a pedagogue who lived between 1927- 1944 in Skopje. She is also one of the first female teachers of Tefeyyuz Elementary School, which began to teach in Turkish in 1944. Besides, she is one of the first female announcers of Turkish broadcast in Radio of Skopje. She is also one of the women who took a part in the foundation of ―YeniYol‖ (The New Road) Culture and Fine Arts Association which played a very important role in the cultural life of Turks in Macedonia during the Yugoslavian period. In other words, she is one of the firsts in Macedonia. She was a teacher who educated seven generations in Tefeyyuz. Some of her students have voice in lots of the matters in Macedonia.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 39
  • Page Range: 263-287
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Turkish