These are the first English translations of the thirty-odd quatrains written in prison during WWII by the world-class modern Turkish poet, a political prisoner in Turkey for thirteen years whose poetry has been translated into fifty-plus languages since his death in exile in 1963.

About the Author

Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963) was the first and greatest modern Turkish poet, and his poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages. A political prisoner in Turkey for eighteen years, he spent the last thirteen years of his life in exile.