Abdurrahman Cahit Zarifoğlu (1 July 1940 – 7 June 1987)[1][2] was a Turkish poet and writer.

Zarifoğlu was born in Ankara in 1940 and he grew up in Kahramanmaraş.

He was a contributor to the magazines Yeni Dergi, Soyut, and Papirüs between 1961 and 1971.

[3] In 1976, he published some of his poems, stories, diaries and conversations in Mavera.

When he was publishing the Mavera magazine, he was also working in TRT as a translator.