Ahmet Hasim

Ahmet Hasim (1885-1933) was a Turkish poet who was heavily influenced by French symbolists. He is noted for poetry having strong imagery and mood of spiritual exile.

Wisdom & Quotes

• We ignore the generation which has no sense of melancholy.
• The poet's language is constructed not for the purpose of being understood but to be heard; it is an intermediary language between music and words, yet closer to music than to words.

Edna Ferber