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Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca was born in 6 August 1914 in Istanbul. He completed his primary education in Konya, Kayseri, Adana and Kozan, and at Kuleli Military High School, where he entered secondary school after Tarsus and Adana middle school (1933).

In 1935, he served as an infantry officer and traveled many places of Eastern and Central Anatolia, Thrace. After fifteen years of service in the army, he left the military service in 1950 with the rank of captain.

He worked in Istanbul as a labor inspector in the Ministry of Labor between 1952 and 1960. After leaving here, he opened the book bookshop in Aksaray, Istanbul and started publishing.

He had a monthly magazine called Turkish for four years. (January 1960-July 1964). His first article was published in 1927 in the New Adana Newspaper, and he began to announce his name in 1933 with his poem "Slowing Life" in Istanbul magazine. The poet, who has been awarded many awards until today, was named "Best Turkish Poet" by the International Poetry Forum in USA in 1967.