Yunus Emre, -1320?
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
יונוס אמרה, 1240-1321
Name (Latin)
Yunus Emre, -1320?
Name (Arabic)
يونس امره
Other forms of name
Yunus Emre, 1240-1321
Younous, Emre
Emre, Yunus, 1240-1321
Emre, Younous, 1240-1321
امره، يونس
Date of birth
1240
Date of death
1321
Associated country
Turkey
Field of activity
Poetry
Sufi poetry
Sufism
Occupation
Mystics
Poets
Associated Language
tur
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- ספר: אותי שיגעה אהבתך, תשס"ט 2009.
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Wikipedia description:
Yunus Emre (Turkish pronunciation: [juːˈnus emˈɾe]), also known as Derviş Yûnus (Yûnus the Dervish) (1238–1320) (Old Anatolian Turkish: يونس امره), was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi who greatly influenced Turkish culture. The UNESCO General Conference unanimously passed a resolution declaring 1991, the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth, International Yunus Emre Year.
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