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Nigar Hanim (1856 - 1918)

Short name Nigar Hanim
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First name Nigar
Birth name Hanim
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Alternative name Naked Heart
Date of birth 1856
Date of death 1918
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Sex Female
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Lived in Turkey
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Place(s) of Residence Turkey
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Poetess. Learned Turkish, Persian, Arabic, German and Latin. Was one of the well-known women poetess. Her poems were published in "Hanimlara Mahsus Gazete" (The Ladies' Own Gazete) and "Servet-i Fünûn". She always used a traditional style of language in her work. There was always sadness and sorrow in her poems. Wrote also essays, songs, plays and translated poems. Her poems were set to music by famous composers.