Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Born(1901-06-23)23 June 1901
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died24 January 1962(1962-01-24) (aged 60)
Istanbul, Turkey
Resting placeAşiyan Asri Cemetery
OccupationWriter, poet, scholar
NationalityTurkish
Alma materIstanbul University
Period1921–1961
Literary movementModernism
Notable worksA Mind at Peace
The Time Regulation Institute

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (23 June 1901 – 24 January 1962) was a Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist, widely regarded as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Turkish literature. In addition to his literary and academic career, Tanpınar was also a member of the Turkish Parliament between 1944 and 1946.