Behçet Necatigil
Behçet Necatigil was born on April 16, 1916. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Behçet Necatigil
Behçet Necatigil (Mehmet Behçet Gönül) (16 April 1916 – 13 December 1979), Turkish poet, teacher and translator who is often considered to be one of the most important poets of modern Turkish poetry. His paternal family originated from Kastamonu, a city in Turkey's Western Black Sea region. His father, Mehmet Necati Gönül, was from the Çörekçiler family of Kastamonu. The family moved to Kastamonu when Behçet was young, and he completed his primary education there. His interest in literature is noted to have begun during his middle school years in Kastamonu. He later returned to Istanbul to…