Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
Modern Türk şiirinin en bilinen ve sevilen yapıtlarından biri olan ''Otuz Beş Yaş'' şiirine imza atan Tarancı, Behçet Necatigil'in deyişiyle, ''biçim kaygısını ön planda tuttuğu şiirlerinde yaşamanın ve aşkın güzelliğini övdü, ölümün üstünlüğünü vurguladı.''
Asıl adı Hüseyin Cahit olan Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, ilkokulu doğum yeri olan Diyarbakır'da, ortaokulu İstanbul'da Saint Joseph'te, liseyi Galatasaray Lisesi'nde okudu. Şiir yazmaya lisede başladı. 1931'de Mülkiye Mektebi'ne yazıldı, dört yıl sonra bitiremeden ayrıldı. Fransız şairlerin etkilerinin görüldüğü ilk şiirleri 1930-31'de Galatasaray Lisesi'nin ''Akademi'' dergisiyle ''Muhit'' ve ''Servetifünun-Uyanış'' dergilerinde yayımlandı. Edebiyat dünyasında tanınmasında 1932'de Peyami Safa'n
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