Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar

Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar (March 14, 1887 in Istanbul – May 3, 1963 in Istanbul) was a Turkish writer.

He spent his childhood in Rumeli Hisarı and studied at the Galatasaray High School and later political sciences in Paris. Back to Ottoman Empire, he worked for a French company and later for Stines Mining Company and Regie des Tabacs. He also contributed several publications, including Yedigün.

Works

 * Fahim Bey ve Biz (1941)
 * Çamlıca’daki Eniştemiz (1944)
 * Ali Nizami Bey’in Alafrangalığı ve Şeyhliği (1952)
 * Boğaziçi Mehtapları (1942)
 * Boğaziçi Yalıları (1954)
 * Geçmiş Zaman Köşkleri (1956)
 * Geçmiş Zaman Fıkraları (1958)
 * Antoloji: Aşk imiş ..... (1955)
 * İstanbul ve Pierre Loti (1958)
 * Yahya Kemal’e Veda (1959)
 * Ahmet Haşim : Şiiri ve Hayatı (1963)

Biographies and information

 * Orhan Pamuk – İstanbul – Hatıralar ve Şehir, 2003
 * Louis Mitler - Contemporary Turkish Writers, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1988
 * Necmettin Turinay: Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar, 1988