Poetry •
Orhan Veli
Translated by the Turkish by Murat Nemet-Nejat and Jordan Davis
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Orhan Veli worked for the Turkish post office and as a literary translator for the Ministry of Education. He was one of the founders of the Garip movement in Turkish poetry, and translated numerous French poets into Turkish, including Jules LaForgue and Jacques Prevert.
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