Orhan Kemal and Nazim Hikmet

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.