 Giritli Ali Aziz Efendi

Giritli Ali Aziz Efendi (1749, in Kandiye (Heraklion) – 29 October 1798, in Berlin) was an Ottoman ambassador and an Ottoman author of the late-18th century and he is notable for his novel "Muhayyelât" ("Imaginations"), a unique work of fiction blending personal and fantastic themes, well in the current of the traditional Ottoman prose, but also exhibiting influences from Western literature.He was born in Kandiye (Crete) as the son of "Tahmisçi" Mehmed Efendi, who was the defterdar of the Crete Eyalet, in 1749.