Türkçe edebiyatın usta isimlerinden Sabahattin Ali Kuyucaklı Yusuf, Kürk Mantolu Madonna ve İçimizdeki Şeytan gibi romanlarının yanı sıra öyküleriyle de 20. yüzyıl Türkçe edebiyatın en önemli yazarlarından biri. Çocukluğunun geçtiği kasabalardan kahramanlar ve anlar devşiren bu öykülerde eşitliğin olmadığı bir dünyanın halleri Kelimelerde vicdan daima diri.
Sabahattin Ali (February 25, 1907 – April 2, 1948) was a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist.
He was born in 1907 in Eğridere township (now Ardino in southern Bulgaria) of the Sanjak of Gümülcine (now Komotini in northern Greece), in the Ottoman Empire. He lived in Istanbul, Çanakkale and Edremit before he entered the School of Education in Balıkesir. Then, he was transferred to the School of Education in Istanbul, where he graduated in 1926. After serving as a teacher in Yozgat for one year, he earned a fellowship from the Ministry of National Education and studied in Germany from 1928 to 1930. When he returned to Turkey, he taught German language in high schools at Aydın and Konya.
While he was serving as a teacher in Konya, he was arrested for a poem he wrote criticizing Atatürk's policies, and accused of libelling two other journalists. Having served his sentence for several months in Konya and then in the Sinop Fortress Prison, he was released in 1933 in an amnesty granted to mark the 10th anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of Turkey. He then applied to the Ministry of National Education for permission to teach again. After proving his allegiance to Atatürk by writing the poem "Benim Aşkım" (literally: My Love or My Passion), he was assigned to the publications division at the Ministry of National Education. Sabahattin Ali married on May 16, 1935 and did his military service in 1936. He was imprisoned again and released in 1944. He also owned and edited a popular weekly newspaper called "Marko Paşa" (pronounced "Marco Pasha"), together with Aziz Nesin.
Upon his release from prison, he suffered financial troubles. His application for a passport was denied. He was killed at the Bulgarian border, probably on 1 or 2 April 1948. His body was found on June 16, 1948. It is generally believed that he was killed by Ali Ertekin, a smuggler with connections to the National Security Service, who had been paid to help him pass the border.[2] Another hypothesis is that Ertekin handed him over to the security services, and he was killed during interrogation. It is believed he was killed because of his political opinions.
Sabahattin Ali's 100th birth anniversary was celebrated in Bulgarian city Ardino in March 31, 2007. Ali is a well-known author in this country because his books have been read in schools in Bulgaria since 1950s.
Öykü pek sevdiğim bir tür olmasa da ve her öykü bana hitap etmese de bir aşk masalı adli öyküyü çok beğendim.
En sevdiğim yeride
Sus!" demiş. "Ondan daha talihli insan var mı? Asıl bahtiyar, bir ömür boyunca hasretini çektiği şeye kavuşan değil, ona erişeceğini an-ladığı anda, saadetinin en yüksek noktasında bir 'Ah!' diyerek düşüp ölebilendir."
Çay kahve yaparken telefon ile uğraşmak yerine kısa eserler okuyayım dedim ve kısa kısa öykülerden oluşan bu eser ile başladım. Benim için keyifli geçti ancak öyküler zaman zaman yürek dağlamadı değil.
Sabahattin Ali okumak işte tam da böyle bir şey. Onun ağzından dinlediğinizde sanki o mekanları uzaktan izliyorsunuz, o insanları tanıyorsunuz. Her bir cümleyle ayrı bir heyecan. Kitabın içinde özellikle Değirmen, Ayran ve Hasanboğuldu öyküleri en beğendiklerim oldu.