About Nazım Hikmet Nâzım Hikmet Ran (January 15, 1902 – June 2, 1963), commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (Turkish pronunciation: ˈnaːzɯm ˈhikmɛt), was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements". Described as a "romantic communist" and "romantic revolutionary", he was repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs and spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile. His poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages.