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Aziz Nesin
387 books1,005 followersAziz Nesin was a Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books.
Nesin was born in 1915 on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands of Istanbul, in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After serving as a career officer for several years, he became the editor of a series of satirical periodicals with a socialist slant. He was jailed several times and placed under surveillance by the National Security Service (MAH in Turkish) for his political views. Among the incriminating pieces of evidence they found against him during his military service was his theft and sale for 35 Lira of two goats intended for his company—a violation of clause 131/2 of the Military Penal Code. One 98-year-old former MAH officer named Neşet Güriş alleged that Nesin was in fact a MAH member, but this has been disputed
Nesin provided a strong indictment of the oppression and brutalization of the common man. He satirized bureaucracy and exposed economic inequities in stories that effectively combine local color and universal truths. Aziz Nesin has been presented with numerous awards in Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union. His works have been translated into over thirty languages. During latter parts of his life he was said to be the only Turkish author who made a living only out of his earnings from his books.
On 6 June 1956, he married a coworker from the Akbaba magazine, Meral Çelen.
In 1972, he founded the Nesin Foundation. The purpose of the Nesin Foundation is to take, each year, four poor and destitute children into the Foundation's home and provide every necessity - shelter, education and training, starting from elementary school - until they complete high school, a trade school, or until they acquire a vocation. Aziz Nesin has donated, gratis, to the Nesin Foundation his copyrights in their entirety for all his works in Turkey or other countries, including all of his published books, all plays to be staged, all copyrights for films, and all his works performed or used in radio or television.
Aziz Nesin was a political activist. After the 1980 military coup led by Kenan Evren, the intelligentsia was oppressed. Aziz Nesin led a number of intellectuals to take a stand against the military government, by issuing the Petition of Intellectuals (Turkish: Aydınlar Dilekçesi).
He championed free speech, especially the right to criticize Islam without compromise. In early 1990s he started a translation of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. This made him a target for radical Islamist organizations, who were gaining popularity throughout Turkey. On July 2, 1993 while attending a mostly Alevi cultural festival in the central Anatolian city of Sivas a mob organized by radical Islamists gathered around the Madimak Hotel, where the festival attendants were accommodated, calling for Sharia and death to infidels. After hours of siege, the mob set the hotel on fire. After flames engulfed several lower floors of the hotel, firetrucks managed to get close, and Aziz Nesin and many guests of the hotel escaped. However, 37 people were killed. This event, also known as the Sivas massacre, was seen as a major assault on free speech and human rights in Turkey, and it deepened the rift between religious- and secular-minded people.
He devoted his last years to fighting ignorance and religious fundamentalism.
Aziz Nesin died on July 6 1995 due to a heart attack, after a book signing event in Çeşme, İzmir. After his death, his body was buried in an unknown location in the land of Nesin Foundation without any ceremony, as suggested by his will.
Nesin was born in 1915 on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands of Istanbul, in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After serving as a career officer for several years, he became the editor of a series of satirical periodicals with a socialist slant. He was jailed several times and placed under surveillance by the National Security Service (MAH in Turkish) for his political views. Among the incriminating pieces of evidence they found against him during his military service was his theft and sale for 35 Lira of two goats intended for his company—a violation of clause 131/2 of the Military Penal Code. One 98-year-old former MAH officer named Neşet Güriş alleged that Nesin was in fact a MAH member, but this has been disputed
Nesin provided a strong indictment of the oppression and brutalization of the common man. He satirized bureaucracy and exposed economic inequities in stories that effectively combine local color and universal truths. Aziz Nesin has been presented with numerous awards in Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union. His works have been translated into over thirty languages. During latter parts of his life he was said to be the only Turkish author who made a living only out of his earnings from his books.
On 6 June 1956, he married a coworker from the Akbaba magazine, Meral Çelen.
In 1972, he founded the Nesin Foundation. The purpose of the Nesin Foundation is to take, each year, four poor and destitute children into the Foundation's home and provide every necessity - shelter, education and training, starting from elementary school - until they complete high school, a trade school, or until they acquire a vocation. Aziz Nesin has donated, gratis, to the Nesin Foundation his copyrights in their entirety for all his works in Turkey or other countries, including all of his published books, all plays to be staged, all copyrights for films, and all his works performed or used in radio or television.
Aziz Nesin was a political activist. After the 1980 military coup led by Kenan Evren, the intelligentsia was oppressed. Aziz Nesin led a number of intellectuals to take a stand against the military government, by issuing the Petition of Intellectuals (Turkish: Aydınlar Dilekçesi).
He championed free speech, especially the right to criticize Islam without compromise. In early 1990s he started a translation of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. This made him a target for radical Islamist organizations, who were gaining popularity throughout Turkey. On July 2, 1993 while attending a mostly Alevi cultural festival in the central Anatolian city of Sivas a mob organized by radical Islamists gathered around the Madimak Hotel, where the festival attendants were accommodated, calling for Sharia and death to infidels. After hours of siege, the mob set the hotel on fire. After flames engulfed several lower floors of the hotel, firetrucks managed to get close, and Aziz Nesin and many guests of the hotel escaped. However, 37 people were killed. This event, also known as the Sivas massacre, was seen as a major assault on free speech and human rights in Turkey, and it deepened the rift between religious- and secular-minded people.
He devoted his last years to fighting ignorance and religious fundamentalism.
Aziz Nesin died on July 6 1995 due to a heart attack, after a book signing event in Çeşme, İzmir. After his death, his body was buried in an unknown location in the land of Nesin Foundation without any ceremony, as suggested by his will.
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November 9, 2014
قراءاتي الأولى للكاتب عزيز نيسين مع كم هائل ولذيذ من الكتابة الساخرة في هذه الرواية سواء في المواقف أو الحوارات.
البداية من العنوان الغريب دعها إنها راشدة وقبله عنوان ملك الكرة في طبعة سابقة، أظن اسم سعيد بطل الرواية كان كافياً وأفضل منهما بكثير، الترجمة تسبق سيئة بدرجة واحدة فقط، شعرت أنها دبلجة عندما قرأت كلمات مثل حربوق وبق البحصه :)
قصة سعيد البريء الذي أصيب بالبلادة مبكراً عندما صاحت به مربيته وجمعت آل ريجيصين حوله وهو الطفل الرضيع : الحمد لله لقد ابتسم سعيدنا !
سعيد يلتقي سيفيم المهووسة بأحمد الجدار وكرة القدم وعمليات التجميل المريبة، مغامرات تنقله من عالمه البريء إلى دهاليز الحب ثم الكرة حتى يصبح إنسان آخر كما تقول عنه مدام آنجيلا : كان حملاً وديعاً فأصبح ثولاً مسعولاً - ثوراً مسعوراً-
نجوم من ورق تضج بهم عناوين الصحف ووزراء يناقشون هموم الشعب الرياضية وملاعب تتوالد لاشباع هذا النهم الوطني، وأخيراً سعيد يعود ويحنَ لحاله القديم لأنه عرف بالتجربة والبرهان قيمة الجنون ونعيمه.
رواية ممتعة بالرغم من تواضع الترجمة وفاصل قرائي ممتاز لأزمات القراءة :)
October 2, 2015
ربما لو قرأتها باللغة التركية لكنت أحببتها جداً.
الترجمة مصطنعة جداّ لم أستمتع كثيراً بقرائتها.
الترجمة مصطنعة جداّ لم أستمتع كثيراً بقرائتها.
October 16, 2017
رواية رائعة روايات عزيز نيسيين الساخرة ،يتناول في هذه الرواية كرة القدم وكيف أصبحت تجارة أكثر منها رياضة وكيف تستغل من قبل الساسة في تخدير الجماهير و شغلهم عن التفكير بأوضاع البلاد من خلال المناكفات بين الفرق المتنافسة. .. تحليل دقيق وبطريقة ساخرة ونقد لاذع من خلال رواية خفيفة وهذه هي براعة نيسيين ، للأسف لم يعيش نيسيين حتى يرى كيف أصبحت كرة القدم كوم بلغت أسعار نجوم الكرة المشهورين وأصبحت النوادي الرياضية أغنى من بعض الدول
July 27, 2016
وسيعة صدر , صالحة للقراءة في يوم مزدحم ..
July 29, 2017
عزيز انيس من الكتاب الرائعين جدا فلاتتسرع بالحكم علي الرواية الا بعد إكتمال قرائتها
June 26, 2022
ظرافة عزيز نيسين وأسلوبه الساخر روعة
لم أكن أتصور أن في تركيا نفس الروتين والبيروقراطية و المحسوبيات الموجودة عند العرب
لم أكن أتصور أن في تركيا نفس الروتين والبيروقراطية و المحسوبيات الموجودة عند العرب
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