"Sait'in hayattaki bileti lüks mevki bileti idi. Ama o da tıpkı Barba gibi lüks mevkiden, birinciden, ikinciden hoşlanmıyor, soluğu hep üçüncüde, personel koğuşunda alıyordu." -Haldun Taner- "... O, Orhan Veli ile beraber, son neslin en kuvvetli simalarından biridir. Yaşayışları, hayatın güzelliğini duyuşları, avarelikleri ve Türkçe'nin şiirini buluşları ne kadar birbirine benzer. İstikbalin edebiyat kitaplarında onlar, bugünün yıldızları olarak yan yana parlayacaklardır." -Mehmet Kaplan- "Edebi eserler, insanı yeni ve mesut, başka iyi ve güzel bir dünyaya götürmeye yardım etmiyorlarsa neye yarar?" diyen büyük yazarın ilk kez 1951'de yayımlanan hikaye kitabı Kumpanya yeniden gözden geçirilerek yayına hazırlandı. Mektuplar, manüskriler ve gün ışığına çıkmamış yepyeni metinler sırada...
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Sait Faik Abasıyanık (18 November 1906 - 11 May 1954) was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry. Born in Adapazarı, he was educated at the Istanbul Erkek Lisesi. He enrolled in the Turcology Department of Istanbul University in 1928, but under pressure from his father went to Switzerland to study economics in 1930. He left school and lived for three years in Grenoble, France - an experience which made a deep impact on his art and character. After returning to Turkey he taught Turkish in Halıcıoğlu Armenian School for Orphans, and tried to follow his father's wishes and go into business but was unsuccessful. He devoted his life to writing after 1934. He created a brand new language and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, the poor. A major theme was always the sea and he spent most of his time in Burgaz Ada (one of the Princes' Islands in the Marmara Sea). He was an honorary member of the International Mark Twain Society of St. Louis, Missouri. Sait Faik mostly published under the name Sait Faik, other pen names being Adalı ("Island dweller"), Sait Faik Adalı, and S. F.. There is an award for his name which is given every year on his death anniversary: Sait Faik Hikâye Armağanı
