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): Aaron Lewis • Alexander Roda Roda • Butch Cassidy • Frederick North, Lord North • Harold Stassen • Jean-Louis Lévesque • Klaus Lehnertz • Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore)

Born in the same month (April 1914): Angelo Savoldi • Armen Alchian • Charles Beetham • Claire Martin (writer) • David Goodall (botanist) • George Davis (art director) • James Rouse • Jan de Hartog • Justin Wilson (chef) • Marguerite Duras • Michael Wittmann • Michel Mohrt • Ray Getliffe • Richard Coogan • Robert Stanfield • Ross Lockridge Jr.