Mehmed Uzun

Mehmed Uzun

male, 56 years old
Mehmed Uzun, is a contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist. He was born in Siverek, Urfa in Turkey in 1953. Although Kurdish was outlawed in Turkey...
Farhad Shakely

Farhad Shakely

male, 58 years old
Farhad Shakely (born 1951) is a prominent Kurdish writer, poet and researcher. He is one of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry in the post-Goran...
Mahabad Qaradaghi

Mahabad Qaradaghi

female, 43 years old
Mahabad Qaradaghi or Mehabad Qeredaxî, is a contemporary Kurdish writer, poet and translator. She was born in "Kifri", a town near Kirkuk. Her f...
Ibrahim Ahmad

Ibrahim Ahmad

male, deceased (2000)
Ibrahim Ahmad, Ibrahim Ahmed or Ibrahîm Ehmed, was a Kurdish writer, novelist and translator. He was born in Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan and s...

Farhad Pirbal

male
Farhad Pirbal, is a Kurdish writer and academic. He was born in Hewlêr(Arbil) in Iraq. He studied Kurdish language and literature in the U...

Karim Hisami

male, deceased (2001)
Karim Hisami or Kerîmî Hisamî was an Iranian-Kurdish writer. He was born in the village of "Beyrem" near Mahabad. His real name was "Karimi Mir...
Amir Hassanpour

Amir Hassanpour

male
Amir Hassanpour, (1943-), is a prominent Iranian Kurdish scholar and researcher. He was born in Mahabad, in north-western Iran. He received...

Cigerxwîn

male
Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (transliteration in English: Jigarkhwin was a renowned Kurdish poet, writer, journalist, historian, lexicographer and na...

Firat Cewerî

male
Firat Cewerî is a Kurdish writer, translator and journalist. He was born in the town of "Dêrik" near Mardin in south-eastern Turkey. In 1980s, he em...
Qanate Kurdo

Qanate Kurdo

male, deceased (1986)
Qanate Kurdo or Qanatê Kurdo or Kanat Kalashevich Kurdoev, was a Kurdish writer, linguist and academic. He was born in the village of "Sûsiz" ne...