Writers from the Ottoman Empire

The list Writers from the Ottoman Empire includes Sami Frashëri, Ömer Seyfettin, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Christopher Oscanyan and Harutiun Alpiar. The list consists of 113 members and 10 sublists.

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Ottoman Empire

Empire centered about modern Turkey, 1299-1922

Arabic-language writers from the Ottoman Empire
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Dramatists and playwrights from the Ottoman Empire
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Journalists from the Ottoman Empire
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Male writers from the Ottoman Empire
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- Avraam Vaporidis
- Zahari Stoyanov
Non-fiction writers from the Ottoman Empire
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Novelists from the Ottoman Empire
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Women writers from the Ottoman Empire
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Poets from the Ottoman Empire
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Writers from the Ottoman Empire in French
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- Pashko Vasa
Writers from the Ottoman Empire by century
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Maryana Marrash

Poet and writer

Overview: Maryana bint Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash (Arabic: مريانا بنت فتح الله بن نصر الله مرّاش, Maryānā bint Fatḥ Allāh bin Naṣr Allāh Marrāsh; 1848–1919), also known as Maryana al-Marrash or Maryana ...

Date of birth: 1848

Date of death: 1919

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: Syrian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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19th-century Syrian women writers 1T

Ottoman Arabic poets 11T

19th-century women writers of the Ottoman Empire 7T
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Pashko Vasa

Albanian writer

Overview: Vaso Pasha (Albanian: Vaso Pashë Shkodrani, 17 September 1825, Shkodër, – 29 June 1892, Beirut), also known as Pashko Vasa or Wassa Pasha (Arabic: واصه باشا‎), was an Ottoman Albanian writer ...

Date of birth: 30 June 1825

Date of death: 29 June 1892

Age: 66 (age at death)

Nationality: Albanian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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European writers in French 16T

Albanian male poets 43T

19th-century Albanian writers 36T
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Sami Frashëri

Albanian writer, philosopher, playwright and activist (1850–1904)

Overview: Sami bey Frashëri (Turkish: Şemseddin Sami Bey; June 1, 1850 – June 18, 1904) was an Albanian writer, philosopher, playwright and a prominent figure of the Rilindja Kombëtare, the National Renaissance ...

Date of birth: 1 June 1850

Date of death: 18 June 1904

Age: 54 (age at death)

Nationality: Albanian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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French–Turkish translators 3T

20th-century writers of the Ottoman Empire 46T

19th-century Albanian philosophers 2T
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Georgi Pulevski

Macedonian writer

Overview: Georgi Pulevski, sometimes also Gjorgji or Gjorgjija Pulevski (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Пулевски or Ѓорѓија Пулевски, Bulgarian: Георги Пулевски; 1817–1895) was a Mijak writer and revolutionary, known today as ...

Date of birth: 1 January 1817

Date of death: 13 February 1893

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: Bulgarian

Occupation: Writer

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People from Galičnik 5T

Serbian–Turkish Wars (1876–1878) 38T

Bulgarian people of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) 16T
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Levon Shant

Armenian poet

Overview: Levon Shant (Armenian: Լեւոն Շանթ; born Levon Nahashbedian, then changed to Levon Seghposian; 6 April 1869 – 29 November 1951) was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet and founder of the Hamazkayin ...

Date of birth: 6 April 1869

Date of death: 29 November 1951

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Armenian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Armenian political philosophers 2T

Gevorgian Seminary alumni 7T

Armenian male poets 69T
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Ömer Seyfettin

Turkish writer

Overview: Ömer Seyfettin (11 March 1884, Gönen – 6 March 1920, Istanbul), was a Turkish writer from the late-19th to early-20th-century, considered to be one of the greatest modern Turkish authors. His work is much ...

Date of birth: 11 March 1884

Date of death: 6 March 1920

Age: 35 (age at death)

Nationality: Turkish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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19th-century Ottoman writers 87T

Turkish nationalists 53T

People from Gönen 4T
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Philippe de Tarrazi

Lebanese polymath and Philanthropist,

Overview: Viscount Philippe de Tarrazi (Arabic: فيليب دي طرّازي‎ / ALA-LC: Fīlīb dī Ṭarrāzī; 28 April 1865 – 7 August 1956), was a Lebanese polymath, philanthropist, founder of the National Library of Lebanon ...

Date of birth: 28 April 1865

Date of death: 7 August 1956

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Lebanese

Occupation: Writer

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Writers from Beirut 70T

Phoenicianists 4T

Phoenicianism 9T
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Christopher Oscanyan

American diplomat

Overview: Christopher Oscanyan (28 April 1818 in Constantinople, Turkey – 1 August 1895 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) was an American-Armenian writer.

Date of birth: 23 April 1818

Date of death: 1 August 1895

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

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19th-century Ottoman writers 87T

19th-century American writers 1,140T

Turkish emigrants to the United States 96T
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Harutiun Alpiar

Journalist and writer

Overview: Harutiun Alpiar (Armenian: Յարութիւն Ալբիար; July 12, 1864 in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire - April 5, 1919) was an Ottoman Armenian journalist and humorous writer.

Date of birth: 12 July 1864

Date of death: 5 April 1919

Age: 54 (age at death)

Nationality: Armenian

Occupation: Writer

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20th-century writers of the Ottoman Empire 46T

Ethnic Armenian journalists 6T

19th-century Ottoman writers 87T
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Visar Dodani

Albanian journalist

Overview: Visar Dodani (1857-1939) was a wealthy Albanian journalist and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.

Date of birth: 1857

Date of death: 1939

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Albanian

Occupation: Writer

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Italian–Albanian translators 9T

19th-century Albanian writers 36T

20th-century Albanian writers 107T
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Konstantinos Tzechanis

Albanian writer

Overview: Konstantinos Tzechanis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Τζεχάνης, Latin: Constantinus Tzechani, Albanian: Kostë Xhehani, 1740–1800) was a philosopher, mathematician and poet from the 18th century Aromanian center ...

Date of birth: 1740

Date of death: 1800

Age: 59 (age at death)

Nationality: Albanian

Occupation: Writer

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People of the Modern Greek Enlightenment 36T

Modern Greek Enlightenment 32T

Greek people of Aromanian descent 35T
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Jani Vreto

Albanian writer

Overview: Jani Vreto (14 January 1822 – 9 July 1900) was an Albanian writer, publisher and important figure of the Albanian National Awakening.

Date of birth: 1822

Date of death: 1900

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Albanian

Occupation: Writer

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People from Kolonjë 27T

Activists of the Albanian National Awakening 144T

People from Kolonjë District 17T
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Abdallah Marrash

Syrian, Writer

Overview: Abdallah bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash (Arabic: عبد الله بن فتح الله بن نصر الله مرّاش, ‘Abd Allāh bin Fatḥ Allāh bin Naṣr Allāh Marrāsh; 14 May 1839 – January 17, 1900) was a Syrian writer ...

Date of birth: 14 May 1839

Date of death: 17 January 1900

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: Syrian

Occupation: Writer

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Syrian Melkite Greek Catholics 54T

19th-century Ottoman writers 87T

Ottoman Christians 14T
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Vrtanes Papazian

Armenian writer

Overview: Vrtanes Mesrop Papazian (Armenian: Վրթանես Մեսրոպի Փափազյան; 1866–1920), was an Armenian writer, public-political and cultural activist, literary critic, editor, literature historian, teacher and translator ...

Date of birth: 1866

Date of death: 1920

Age: 53 (age at death)

Nationality: Armenian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Armenian-language writers 45T

Armenian male writers 199T

19th-century male writers 4,656T
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Leonardos Philaras

Overview: Leonardos Philaras (c.– 1673) (Greek: Λεονάρδος Φιλαρᾶς, Leonardos Filaras, French: Leonard Philara also known as Villeret, Villare) was a Greek Athenian scholar, politician, diplomat and advisor ...

Date of birth: 1595

Date of death: 1673

Age: 77 (age at death)

Nationality: Greek

Occupation: Diplomat

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Diplomats from Athens 9T

Writers from Athens 109T

Greek Renaissance humanists 49T
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Nasif Al-Yaziji

Lebanese writer

Overview: Nasif al-Yaziji (Arabic: ناصيف اليازجي‎) (March 25, 1800 – February 8, 1871) was a Lebanese author at the times of the Ottoman Empire and father of Ibrahim al-Yaziji. He was one of the leading figures ...

Date of birth: 25 March 1800

Date of death: 8 February 1871

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: Lebanese

Occupation: Writer

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19th-century Ottoman writers 87T

Syrian writers 89T

1800 births 1,305T
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Dikran Chökürian

Armenian writer

Overview: Dikran Chökürian (Տիգրան Չէօկիւրեան, 1884, Gümüşhane, Ottoman Empire – 1915) was an ethnic Armenian writer and teacher, editor of the journal Vostan (Ոստան) and a victim of the Armenian Genocide ...

Date of birth: 1883

Date of death: 1915

Age: 31 (age at death)

Nationality: Armenian

Occupation: Writer

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Berberian School alumni 10T

20th-century Armenian painters 61T

People who died in the Armenian Genocide 43T
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Iosipos Moisiodax

Greek philosopher and social critic

Overview: Iosipos (Josephus) Moisiodax or Moesiodax (Greek: Ιώσηπος Μοισιόδαξ, 1725–1800) was an 18th-century philosopher and professor and one of the greatest exponents of the modern Greek Enlightenment. He also ...

Date of birth: 1725

Date of death: 1800

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: Greek

Occupation: Writer

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People of the Modern Greek Enlightenment 36T

People from Cernavodă 2T

18th-century Ottoman writers 17T
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Hayyim ben Abraham Uziel

Overview: Hayyim ben Abraham Uziel (Hebrew: חיים בן אברהם עזיאל) was a Sephardic Jew scholar and author who flourished in the latter half of the 16th century in the Ottoman Empire. He wrote Meḳor Ḥayyim (3 vols. ...

Nationality: Spanish

Occupation: Writer

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Spanish scholars 12T

Spanish rabbis 56T

16th-century Spanish people 452T
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Siamanto

Armenian poet

Overview: Atom Yarjanian (Armenian: Ատոմ Եարճանեան), better known by his pen name Siamanto (Սիամանթօ) (15 August 1878 – August 1915), was an influential Armenian writer, poet and national figure from the late 19th ...

Date of birth: 1878

Date of death: 1915

Age: 36 (age at death)

Nationality: Armenian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Mount Ararat 56T

19th-century American male writers 904T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T