In Jail With Nazim Hikmet

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Bursa prison,mid-winter 1940. two prisoners meet both writers both serving long sentences for allegedly inciting turkish soldiers to mutiny.One is Turkeys most famous poet, Nazem Hikmet.The other is a young,aspiring poet,Orhan Kemal.who now shares a cell with the man whose work he has long admired. In thu=is prison memoir,Orhan Kemal reminisces on the time he shared with the great poet and describes how Hikmet inspired him to become one of turkeys most popular and successful noelists.