Nef'i
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Nef'i (Ömer) (1572, Hasankale, Anatolia - 1635, Istanbul) was an Ottoman poet.
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[edit] Biography
Nef'i entered military service as a quartermaster with Kuyucu Murad Pasha during his suppression of the Jelali. Upon Murat Pasha's return to Istanbul, Nef'i accompanied him as an accountant. Nef'i attempted to gain the sultan's favor for his poetry, but was unsuccessful with Ahmet I and Osman II. However, finally, Sultan Murad IV recognized his skill and granted him a stipend.
He was executed by strangelation in 1635 at the request of Grand Vizier Bayram Pasha because of his vicious literary attacks on government officials.[1]
[edit] Works
Nef'i was strongly influenced by classical Persian poetry, but developed the Turkish kaside form. In addition to odes, especially about Sultan Murad IV, Nef'i wrote sarcastic and often vitriolic verse about the failings of specific governmental officials.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Shaw, Stanford Jay (1977) Empire of the Gazis Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, p. 285, ISBN 0-521-29163-1
[edit] References
- Gibb, E.J.W. Ottoman Literature: The Poets and Poetry of Turkey. ISBN 0-89875-906-4.
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- This article is based in part on material from the Turkish Wikipedia.
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