HIS EVALUATION OF OTHER ARTISTS

Nâzım Hikmet explained his views about other artists in his articles in various newspapers and magazines, which were generally undersigned with a pseudonym; in his letters to Kemal Tahir, Memet Fuat, and Piraye; in the radio interviews he made while he was abroad. His views on other artists take up 124 pages of Aziz Çalışlar's book entitled " Nâzım Hikmet, On Art and Literature." Below, we provide brief excerpts from Nâzım Hikmet's evaluation of other artists: