Cengiz Dağcı

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Cengiz Dağcı
Born	(1919-03-09)9 March 1919 Yalta, Crimea
Died	22 September 2011(2011-09-22) (aged 92) London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Novelist, poet
Nationality	Crimean Tatar
Period	1956–2011

Cengiz Dağcı (9 March 1919 – 22 September 2011) was a Crimean Tatar novelist and poet. He wrote his works in Turkish, despite having never been in Turkey.

He was born in a small village of Yalta, Crimea in 1919. He was taken hostage by Germans during World War II and survived Nazi labor camps. In 1946, Dağcı settled in London where he lived until his death. Cengiz Dağcı was died in 22 September 2011 in his home.

External links

Biography, Ötüken Publishing (Turkish)
"Türk edebiyatının acı kaybı", Anadolu Ajansı (Turkish)

Persondata
Name	Dagci, Cengiz
Alternative names
Short description	Crimean Turkish novelist and poet
Date of birth	9 March 1919
Place of birth	Yalta, Crimea
Date of death	22 September 2011
Place of death	London, United Kingdom

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