Ahmet Mithat Efendi wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Ahmet Mithat Efendi as Ottoman Turkish writer, journalist and translator (1844-1912).
Ahmet Mithat Efendi was born at Istanbul in 1844. His recorded nationality is Turkey.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
He worked as writer, journalist and translator.
The writing is recorded in Ottoman Turkish.
Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
That the work was written from Turkey matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Ahmet Mithat Efendi died in 1912, aged 68. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
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