Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil | |
Birth Date: | 1907 |
Birth Place: | Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
Occupation: | Writer, translator |
Nationality: | Turkey |
Language: | Turkish |
Resting Place: | Zincirlikuyu Cemetery |
Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil, (born 1907, Istanbul – d. 6 October 1968, Istanbul) was a Turkish poet, writer, psychologist, translator, encyclopedist.[1]
He was born in Istanbul. His father is Ahmet Esat, a descendant of Siyavuş Pasha, one of the Ottoman grand viziers.[2] He completed primary school in Antalya. He continued his secondary education at Kadıköy Sultani, Istanbul Male Teacher's School, and Istiklal High School. He went to France when he was in the last year of Istiklal High School. He studied philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Dijon and Lyon and earned his doctorate.[3]