Graves of Makbule Abasıyanık and her son.

Makbule Abasıyanık (1883 – 22 January 1963) was a Turkish female writer and philanthropist.

Biography

Makbule Abasıyanık was born in 1883.[1]

As the mother of the short story writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906 – 1954), she influenced him in his works.[2] After the death of her son, Makbule Abasıyanık established the "Sait Faik Short Story Award" in 1959, and turned their residence on Burgazada, Istanbul into the Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum the same year.[2]

She died in Istanbul on 22 January 1963,[1] and was interred at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery next to her son's grave.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Makbule Abasıyanık". My Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum to host visitors again in Burgazada". Hürrşyet Daily News. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "'Adalı Bir Öykücü Açıklaması Sait Faik Abasıyanık'". Beyaz Gazete (in Turkish). 10 May 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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