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Kemal Tahir (March 13, 1910 - April 21, 1973) was a prominent Turkish novelist and intellectual. Tahir spent 13 years of his life imprisoned due to political reasons and composed some of his most important novels during this time. His most important novels include Esir Şehrin İnsanları (1956), Devlet Ana (1967) and Yorgun Savaşçı (1965), all in which Tahir uses historical background to support his characters and settings. Some of his novels were adapted into popular films. Tahir also wrote pulp fiction under pseudonyms for economical reasons.
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- "Kemal Tahir". Tanzimat'tan Bugüne Edebiyatçılar Ansiklopedisi (1st) II. (2001). Ed. Nurettin Pirim. Yapı Kredi Yayınları. 591-594.
- Kemal Tahir (Turkish). Atatürk Enstitütüsü. Retrieved on March 12 2008.
