Friday, August 03, 2007

Hasan İzettin Dynamo 5!

During my visit to Trabzon we noticed a bust of a famous historical figure of the city; Hasan İzettin Dinamo. This was a big surprise to me. You must agree, Dinamo is not an ordinary surname. Since this was a fun coincidence I thought I'd share it with you here.

Here's the English info on the plaque below the bust (with a bit of correction) which also shed some light to my ignorance aswell;

HASAN IZETTIN DINAMO
1909-1989

He was born in Akcaabat district of Trabzon. He is the writer of the book "Holy Rebellion" in which the National Struggle years were illustrated in detailed context. With his "Holy Peace" book, he was awarded with "Orhan Kemal Novel Prize". He also has a number of books and poems on his immigration years.

1 comments:

maximilian said...

Dínamo is the name of an brazilian comics studio, the place that i'm learning comics and drawing, coincidence that a great comic studio anda a graeat comic book have simmilar name? (Dinamo is portuguese word for Dynamo)