Mutlu Konuk Blasing
Born1944 Edit this on Wikidata
Died2021 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 76–77)
OccupationLiterary critic, translator Edit this on Wikidata
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Mutlu Konuk Blasing (1944–2021) was a Turkish-American poetry critic and translator, Professor Emerita of English at Brown University.[1] As well as four books on American poetry, she published ten books of translation and a biography of the Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet.[2]

Life

Mutlu Konuk was born on June 27, 1944.[2] She married the poet and translator Randy Blasing. In the mid-1970s, the pair started spending summers in Turkey translating the work of Nâzım Hikmet together. She died in her summer home in Turkey on August 16, 2021.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Alex Nadirashvili (November 28, 2021). "Prof. Mutlu Konuk Blasing, renowned poetry critic, dies peacefully at 77". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Mutlu's Obituary". Tripp Funeral Home. Retrieved July 19, 2022.


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