Latifi

Latifi (Abdüllatif), born in Kastamonu, introduced 321 poets of the period in his book Tezkiretu'ş-Şuara (Biographies of the Poets), the first encyclopedia on poets in the Ottoman Empire, written in 1546.
For further information see: Mustafa İsen (Ed.), Latîfî Tezkiresi, Ankara, 1990.

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