Orhan Veli Kanık

Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli was a Turkish poet. Kanık is one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Aiming to fundamentally transform traditional form in Turkish poetry, he introduced colloquialisms into the poetic language. Besides his poetry, Kanık crammed a large volume of works including essays, articles and translations into just 36 years.

13 April 1914

Born on the same birth day (13 April): Alan Watt (diplomat) • Antonino Rocca • Arthur Harris • Gabrielle Gourdeau • Hendrik van Rheede • Jim McNab • Joie Ray (runner) • Klaus Lehnertz • Max Mosley • Rae Johnstone • Thomas D'Arcy McGee • Tim Krabbé • Werner Voss

Born in the same month (April 1914): Angelo Savoldi • B. R. Chopra • Bernard Malamud • Charles Beetham • Claire Martin (writer) • David Goodall (botanist) • Felice Borel • George Davis (art director) • James Rouse • José Quiñones Gonzales • Phil Watson • Robert Stanfield • Ross Lockridge Jr. • Sam Manekshaw