Last updated: 10 august, 2010 - 13:54 GMT
Orhan Kemal and Nazim Hikmet
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Orhan Kemal was known as the labourer of writing because of his clear prose evocations of Turkish working people.
A new translation of In Jail with Nazim Hikmet, Orhan's memoir of the five formative years he spent sharing a prison cell with one of Turkey's greatest poets, has just appeared in English.
Bengisu Rona, translator and literary historian explains how between them, the writers sought a new brighter, more humane society.
First broadcast August 3rd 2010.
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