Ahmet Vefik Paşa

Japanese: アフメト･ウェフィク･パシャ（英語表記）Ahmet Vefik Paşa

1819‐91
Ottoman politician and man of letters. The son of a diplomat, he served as the first Speaker of the National Assembly and Prime Minister after serving as a diplomat himself. However, he is better known as a man of letters for his many translations and adaptations of Molière's works, as well as his translation of Fenelon's The Adventures of Telemaque. Furthermore, in his Ottoman Dictionary, he was the first to place Ottoman among the Turkish languages, playing a major role in the birth of Turkish nationalism. [Arai Masami]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1819‐91
オスマン帝国の政治家，文人。外交官の子で，自らも外交官として活躍した後，初代の国会議長，総理大臣を歴任した。しかし，モリエールからの多数の翻訳･翻案，およびフェヌロンの《テレマックの冒険》の翻訳等により，文人としての名がより高い。また，《オスマン語辞典》では，オスマン語を初めてトルコ系諸語の中に位置づけ，トルコ･ナショナリズムの生成に大きな役割を果たした。【新井政美】

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