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campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Republic_of_Lachin" title="Kurdish Republic of Lachin">Kurdish Republic of Lachin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan" title="Iraqi Kurdistan">Iraqi Kurdistan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Region" title="Kurdistan Region">Kurdistan Region</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Kurdistan" title="Iranian Kurdistan">Iranian Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Kurdistan" title="Turkish Kurdistan">Turkish Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Kurdistan" title="Syrian Kurdistan">Syrian Kurdistan</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_culture" title="Kurdish culture">Culture</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_culture" title="Kurdish culture">Kurdish culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_clothing" 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href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Kurdish" title="Romanization of Kurdish">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Kurdish-language romanization"><i lang="ku-Latn">Wêjeya kurdî</i></span> or <span title="Kurdish-language text"><span lang="ku" dir="rtl">ئەدەبی کوردی</span></span>) is <a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">literature</a> written in the <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish languages">Kurdish languages</a>. Literary Kurdish works have been written in each of the Six main languages: <a href="/wiki/Zaza_language" title="Zaza language">Zaza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gorani_language" title="Gorani language">Gorani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurmanji" title="Kurmanji">Kurmanji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sorani" title="Sorani">Sorani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laki_language" title="Laki language">Laki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Kurdish" title="Southern Kurdish">Southern Kurdish</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bal%C3%BCl" title="Balül">Balül</a> was a 9th century poet and religious scholar of the <a href="/wiki/Yarsanism" title="Yarsanism">Yarsani faith</a> is the first well-known poet who wrote in Gorani Kurdish.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moreover <a href="/wiki/Ali_Hariri" title="Ali Hariri">Ali Hariri</a> (1009–1079) from the <a href="/wiki/Hakkari_(historical_region)" title="Hakkari (historical region)">Hakkari</a> region is one of the first well-known poets who wrote in Kurmanji Kurdish.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zazaki_-_Gorani_literature">Zazaki - Gorani literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Zazaki - Gorani literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Yarsanism#Holy_texts" title="Yarsanism">Yarsanism § Holy texts</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurdish_Shahnameh.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Kurdish_Shahnameh.JPG/300px-Kurdish_Shahnameh.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Kurdish_Shahnameh.JPG/450px-Kurdish_Shahnameh.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Kurdish_Shahnameh.JPG/600px-Kurdish_Shahnameh.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A manuscript of <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Shahnameh" title="Kurdish Shahnameh">Kurdish Shahnameh</a> from the archive of legacy committee of Vejin in <a href="/wiki/Mariwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariwan">Mariwan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Some of the well-known <a href="/wiki/Gorani_language_(Zaza-Gorani)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorani language (Zaza-Gorani)">Gorani language</a> poets and writers are <a href="/wiki/Mele_Per%C3%AE%C5%9Fan" title="Mele Perîşan">Mele Perîşan</a> (1356–1431), <a href="/wiki/Shaykh_Mustafa_Takhtayi" title="Shaykh Mustafa Takhtayi">Shaykh Mustafa Takhtayi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mistefa_B%C3%AAsaran%C3%AE" title="Mistefa Bêsaranî">Mistefa Bêsaranî</a> (1642–1701), Muhammad Kandulayi (late 17th century), <a href="/wiki/Khana_Qubadi" title="Khana Qubadi">Khana Qubadi</a> (1700–1759), Shayda Awrami (1784–1852) and <a href="/wiki/Mastoureh_Ardalan" title="Mastoureh Ardalan">Mastoureh Ardalan</a>) (1805–1848). Zazaki and Gorani which was the literary languages of much of what today is known as Iraqi, Turkish and Iranian Kurdistan, is classified as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Zaza%E2%80%93Gorani_languages" title="Zaza–Gorani languages">Zaza–Gorani branch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Iranian_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Northwestern Iranian languages">Northwestern Iranian languages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Postgate_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Postgate-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kurmanji_literature">Kurmanji literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Kurmanji literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Yazidi_literature" title="Yazidi literature">Yazidi literature</a></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Yazidis" title="Yazidis">Yezidi</a> religious work, the <i>Meshefa Reş</i>, is in a classic form of <a href="/wiki/Kurmanji" title="Kurmanji">Kurmanji</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it has been conjectured that it was written sometime in the 13th century. However, it has been argued that the work was actually written as late as the 20th century by non-Yazidi authors seeking to summarise the beliefs of Yezidis in a form similar to that of the holy scriptures of other religions.<sup id="cite_ref-iryez_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iryez-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Mela_Huseyn%C3%AA_Batey%C3%AE" title="Mela Huseynê Bateyî">Mela Huseynê Bateyî</a> (1417–1495) from <a href="/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_(city)" title="Hakkâri (city)">Hakkâri</a>, who wrote the author of Mawlud, a collection of verse and an <a href="/wiki/Anthology" title="Anthology">anthology</a>;</li> <li>Salim Salman, author of <i>Yûsif û Zuleyxa</i> in 1586;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melay%C3%AA_Ciz%C3%AEr%C3%AE" title="Melayê Cizîrî">Melayê Cizîrî</a> (1570–1640) from Bohtan region, the famous <a href="/wiki/Sufi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi">sufi</a> poet. His collection of poems contains more than 2,000 verses</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehmed%C3%AA_Xan%C3%AE" title="Ehmedê Xanî">Ehmedê Xanî</a> (1651–1707), the author of <i>Mam and Zin</i>, a long poem of 2,650 <a href="/wiki/Distich" class="mw-redirect" title="Distich">distichs</a>, is probably the best known and most popular of the classical Kurdish poets.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sorani_literature">Sorani literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sorani literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ahmadi_manuscript.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ahmadi_manuscript.JPG/220px-Ahmadi_manuscript.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ahmadi_manuscript.JPG/330px-Ahmadi_manuscript.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Ahmadi_manuscript.JPG/440px-Ahmadi_manuscript.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A manuscript of Ahmadi dictionary by Shex Marof Nodê (1753-1838) from the archive of legacy committee of Vejin. This manuscript is written in 1928.</figcaption></figure> <p>In contrast to Kurmanji, literary works in <a href="/wiki/Central_Kurdish" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Kurdish">Sorani</a> were not abundant before the late 18th century and early 19th century. Although many poets <a href="/wiki/Nal%C3%AE" title="Nalî">Nalî</a> have written in Sorani,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it was only after him that Sorani became an important dialect in writing.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nal%C3%AE" title="Nalî">Nalî</a> was the first poet to write a diwan in this dialect. Others, such as <a href="/wiki/Salim_(poet)" title="Salim (poet)">Salim</a> and Kurdi, wrote in Sorani in the early 19th century as well.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Haji_Qadir_Koyi" title="Haji Qadir Koyi">Haji Qadir Koyi</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Koi_Sanjaq" class="mw-redirect" title="Koi Sanjaq">Koy Sanjaq</a></i> in central Kurdistan (1817–1897), and <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Reza_Talabani" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheikh Reza Talabani">Sheikh Reza Talabani</a> (1835–1909) also wrote in Sorani dialect after <a href="/wiki/Nal%C3%AE" title="Nalî">Nalî</a>. The closeness of the two dialects of Sorani and Kurmanji is cited as one of the reasons for the late start in Sorani literature, as well as the fact that during 15th to 19th century, there was a rich literary tradition in the Kurmanji dialect. Furthermore the presence of the Gorani dialect as a literary language and its connection to <a href="/wiki/Yarsanism" title="Yarsanism">Yarsanism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ardalan" title="Ardalan">Ardalan</a> dynasty was another reason that people did not produce texts in Sorani.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_historical_list_of_Kurdish_literature_and_poets">A historical list of Kurdish literature and poets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: A historical list of Kurdish literature and poets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Kurdish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Kurdish people">List of Kurdish people</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious">Religious</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Religious"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mishefa_Resh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mishefa Resh">Mishefa Reş</a>, The religious book of the <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Azid%C3%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="Êzidî">Êzidî</a> (<a href="/wiki/Yezidi" class="mw-redirect" title="Yezidi">Yezidi</a>) Kurds.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (in French) It is held to have been written by Shaykh Hasan (born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> AD 1195), a nephew of Shaykh Adi ibn Musâfir, the sacred prophet of the <a href="/wiki/Yezidi" class="mw-redirect" title="Yezidi">Yezidis</a>. However, it has been argued that it was actually written in the 20th century by Kurds who were not themselves Yezidis.<sup id="cite_ref-iryez_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iryez-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serencam" class="mw-redirect" title="Serencam">Serencam</a>, The book of <a href="/wiki/Yarsan" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarsan">Yarsan</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Goranî_dialect"><span id="Goran.C3.AE_dialect"></span>Goranî dialect</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Goranî dialect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bal%C3%BCl" title="Balül">Balül</a> (9th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mele_Per%C3%AE%C5%9Fan" title="Mele Perîşan">Mele Perîşan</a> (14th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khana_Qubadi" title="Khana Qubadi">Khana Qubadi</a> (Xana Qubadî) (1700–1759),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almas_Khan-e_Kanoule%27ei" title="Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei">Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei</a> (17th and 18th century)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mastoureh_Ardalan" title="Mastoureh Ardalan">Mastoureh Ardalan</a> (Mestûrey Erdelan) (1805–1848)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawlawi_Tawagozi" title="Mawlawi Tawagozi">Mawlawi Tawagozi</a> (Mewlewî Tawegozî) (1806–1882)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Famous_poets_in_Kurmancî_dialect"><span id="Famous_poets_in_Kurmanc.C3.AE_dialect"></span>Famous poets in Kurmancî dialect</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Famous poets in Kurmancî dialect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mela_Hesen%C3%AA_Batey%C3%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="Mela Hesenê Bateyî">Mela Hesenê Bateyî</a> (<i>Melayê Bateyî</i>) (1417–1491) of Hekkarî, the author of <i>Mewlûda Kurmancî (Birthday in Kurmanji)</i>, a collection of poems.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melay%C3%AA_Ciz%C3%AEr%C3%AE" title="Melayê Cizîrî">Melayê Cizîrî</a> (<i>Mela Ehmedê Cizîrî</i>) (1570–1640) of Bhutan region, poet and <a href="/wiki/Sufi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi">sufi</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faqi_Tayran" class="mw-redirect" title="Faqi Tayran">Faqi Tayran</a> (<i>Feqiyê Teyran</i>) (1590–1660) Student of Melayê Cezîrî. He is credited for contributing the earliest literary account of the Battle of Dimdim in 1609–1610 between <a href="/wiki/Kurds" title="Kurds">Kurds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavid Empire">Safavid Empire</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Khani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmad Khani">Ahmad Khani</a> (<i>Ehmedê Xanî</i>) (1651–1707) (The epic drama of Mem û Zîn) (Born in Hakkari, Turkey)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmud_Bayazidi" title="Mahmud Bayazidi">Mahmud Bayazidi</a> (Mahmud Bayazidi), (1797–1859) Kurdish writer.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soranî_dialect"><span id="Soran.C3.AE_dialect"></span>Soranî dialect</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Soranî dialect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nal%C3%AE" title="Nalî">Nalî</a> (1798–1855)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haji_Qadir_Koyi" title="Haji Qadir Koyi">Haji Qadir Koyi</a> (Hacî Qadir Koyî) (1817–1897)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Rezza_Talabani" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheikh Rezza Talabani">Sheikh Rezza Talabani</a> (Şêx Reza Talebanî) (1835–1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahwi" title="Mahwi">Mahwi</a> (1830–1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wafaei" class="mw-redirect" title="Wafaei">Wafaei</a> (1844–1902)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kurdish_poets_and_writers_of_the_20th_century">Kurdish poets and writers of the 20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Kurdish poets and writers of the 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kurdish_Writer_Mir_Celadet_Bedir_Khan_(1893-1951).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kurdish_Writer_Mir_Celadet_Bedir_Khan_%281893-1951%29.jpg/220px-Kurdish_Writer_Mir_Celadet_Bedir_Khan_%281893-1951%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kurdish_Writer_Mir_Celadet_Bedir_Khan_%281893-1951%29.jpg/330px-Kurdish_Writer_Mir_Celadet_Bedir_Khan_%281893-1951%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kurdish_Writer_Mir_Celadet_Bedir_Khan_%281893-1951%29.jpg/440px-Kurdish_Writer_Mir_Celadet_Bedir_Khan_%281893-1951%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="611" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Celadet_Bedir_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Celadet Bedir Khan">Celadet Bedir Khan</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nado_Makhmudov_at_home.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Nado_Makhmudov_at_home.jpg/220px-Nado_Makhmudov_at_home.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Nado_Makhmudov_at_home.jpg/330px-Nado_Makhmudov_at_home.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/52/Nado_Makhmudov_at_home.jpg/440px-Nado_Makhmudov_at_home.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2322" data-file-height="1645" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nado_Makhmudov" title="Nado Makhmudov">Nado Makhmudov</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Abdurrahman_Sharafkandi_In_the_early_Republic_of_Mahabad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Abdurrahman_Sharafkandi_In_the_early_Republic_of_Mahabad.jpg/220px-Abdurrahman_Sharafkandi_In_the_early_Republic_of_Mahabad.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Abdurrahman_Sharafkandi_In_the_early_Republic_of_Mahabad.jpg/330px-Abdurrahman_Sharafkandi_In_the_early_Republic_of_Mahabad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Abdurrahman_Sharafkandi_In_the_early_Republic_of_Mahabad.jpg/440px-Abdurrahman_Sharafkandi_In_the_early_Republic_of_Mahabad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1221" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hejar" class="mw-redirect" title="Hejar">Hejar</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali%C5%9Fer" title="Alişer">Alişer</a> (1862–1937) who known as rebel poets</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nari_Mela_Kake_Heme" class="mw-redirect" title="Nari Mela Kake Heme">Nari Mela Kake Heme</a> (1874–1944) Poet, born and died in <a href="/wiki/Marivan" title="Marivan">Marivan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piramerd" title="Piramerd">Piramerd</a> or <a href="/wiki/P%C3%AErem%C3%AArd" class="mw-redirect" title="Pîremêrd">Pîremêrd</a> (Tewfîq Beg Mehmûd Axa) (1867–1950) Poet, Writer, Playwright and Journalist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celadet_Al%C3%AE_Bedirxan" title="Celadet Alî Bedirxan">Celadet Alî Bedirxan</a> (1893–1951) Writer, journalist and linguist. Author of the modern <a href="/wiki/Kurmanji_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurmanji alphabet">Kurmanji alphabet</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Shamilov" title="Arab Shamilov">Arab Shamilov</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ereb%C3%AA_%C5%9Eemo" class="mw-redirect" title="Erebê Şemo">Erebê Şemo</a>) (1897–1978). Kurdish novelist in Armenia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cigerxw%C3%AEn" title="Cigerxwîn">Cigerxwîn</a> or <a href="/wiki/Cegerxw%C3%AEn" class="mw-redirect" title="Cegerxwîn">Cegerxwîn</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jigarkhwin" class="mw-redirect" title="Jigarkhwin">Jigarkhwin</a>) (Sheikmous Hasan) (1903–1984) poet, born in Mardin, Ottoman. Died in Sweden.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdulla_Goran" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdulla Goran">Abdulla Goran</a> (1904–1962). The founder of modern <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish poetry">Kurdish poetry</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osman_Sabri" title="Osman Sabri">Osman Sabri</a> (1905–1993) Kurdish poet, writer and journalist, Turkey/Syria.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nado_Makhmudov" title="Nado Makhmudov">Nado Makhmudov</a> (1907–1990) Kurdish writer and public figure, Armenia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemin_Mukriyani" title="Hemin Mukriyani">Hemin Mukriyani</a> (<a href="/wiki/H%C3%AAmin_Mukriyan%C3%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="Hêmin Mukriyanî">Hêmin Mukriyanî</a>) (1920–1986) Poet and Journalist, Iran.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hejar" class="mw-redirect" title="Hejar">Hejar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Abdurrahman_Sharafkandi" title="Abdurrahman Sharafkandi">Abdurrahman Sharafkandi</a>) (1920–1990), Poet, Writer, Translator and Linguist, Iran.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamal_Nebez" title="Jamal Nebez">Jamal Nebez</a> (born 1933) Writer, Linguist, Translator and Academic, Germany.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherko_Bekas" title="Sherko Bekas">Sherko Bekas</a> (<a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%AArko_B%C3%AAkes" class="mw-redirect" title="Şêrko Bêkes">Şêrko Bêkes</a>) (born 1940) Poet, Iraqi Kurdistan. His poems have been translated to over 10 languages.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latif_Halmat" title="Latif Halmat">Latif Halmat</a> (Letîf Helmet) (born 1947), Poet, Iraqi Kurdistan.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdulla_Pashew" title="Abdulla Pashew">Abdulla Pashew</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ebdulla_Pe%C5%9F%C3%AAw" class="mw-redirect" title="Ebdulla Peşêw">Ebdulla Peşêw</a>) (born 1947), Poet.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salim_Barakat" title="Salim Barakat">Salim Barakat</a> (born 1951) Poet, Writer, and Novelist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafiq_Sabir" title="Rafiq Sabir">Rafiq Sabir</a> (born 1950) Poet, Sweden.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmed_Uzun" title="Mehmed Uzun">Mehmed Uzun</a> (1953–2007), Contemporary Writer and Novelist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firat_Cewer%C3%AE" title="Firat Cewerî">Firat Cewerî</a> (born 1959), Contemporary Writer and Novelist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Dost" title="Jan Dost">Jan Dost</a> (born 1965), writer and novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0brahim_Halil_Baran" title="İbrahim Halil Baran">İbrahim Halil Baran</a> (born 1981), Poet, writer and designer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azad_Zal" title="Azad Zal">Azad Zal</a> (born 1972), Writer-journalist-translator-poet-linguist and lexicographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suwara_Ilkhanizada" title="Suwara Ilkhanizada">Suwara Ilkhanizada</a> (1937–1976), Among the first poets that composed modern poems in Kurdistan.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kurdish_poets_and_writers_of_the_21st_century">Kurdish poets and writers of the 21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Kurdish poets and writers of the 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bachtyar_Ali" title="Bachtyar Ali">Bachtyar Ali</a> (1960-), Novelist from <a href="/wiki/Sulaymaniyah" title="Sulaymaniyah">Slemani</a>, Iraqi Kurdistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behrouz_Boochani" title="Behrouz Boochani">Behrouz Boochani</a> (1983-), Novelist from <a href="/wiki/Ilam,_Iran" title="Ilam, Iran">Ilam</a>, Iran</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Comma_Press_books" title="Category:Comma Press books">Comma Press books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_%2B100:_Stories_from_a_Future_State" title="Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State">Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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"Written Kurdish literature". In Kreyenbroek, P. G.; Marzolph, U. (eds.). <i>Oral Literature of Iranian Languages</i>. Vol. II. London: <a href="/wiki/I.B._Tauris" title="I.B. Tauris">I.B. Tauris</a>. pp. 1–32.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Written+Kurdish+literature&rft.btitle=Oral+Literature+of+Iranian+Languages&rft.place=London&rft.pages=1-32&rft.pub=I.B.+Tauris&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Blau&rft.aufirst=Joyce&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKurdish+literature" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_literature&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kurdish-written-literature">PHILIP G. 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title="Kalâm-e Saranjâm">Kalâm-e Saranjâm</a> (religious text)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_Shahnameh" title="Kurdish Shahnameh">Kurdish Shahnameh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Before and in 1400s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evdilsemed%C3%AA_Babek" title="Evdilsemedê Babek">Evdilsemedê Babek</a> (972–1019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Hariri" title="Ali Hariri">Ali Hariri</a> (1009–1079/80)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mele_Per%C3%AE%C5%9Fan" title="Mele Perîşan">Mele Perîşan</a> (1351–1431)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mela_Huseyn%C3%AA_Batey%C3%AE" title="Mela Huseynê Bateyî">Mela Huseynê Bateyî</a> (1417–1495)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1500s-1600s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/El%C3%AE_Teremax%C3%AE" title="Elî Teremaxî">Elî Teremaxî</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaykh_Mustafa_Takhtayi" title="Shaykh Mustafa Takhtayi">Shaykh Mustafa Takhtayi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melay%C3%AA_Ciz%C3%AEr%C3%AE" title="Melayê Cizîrî">Melayê Cizîrî</a> (1570–1640)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%AAx_%C5%9Eemsed%C3%AEn%C3%AA_Exlat%C3%AE" title="Şêx Şemsedînê Exlatî">Şêx Şemsedînê Exlatî</a> (1588–1674)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asenath_Barzani" title="Asenath Barzani">Asenath Barzani</a> (1590–1670)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feqiy%C3%AA_Teyran" title="Feqiyê Teyran">Feqiyê Teyran</a> (1590–1660)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Yaska" title="Yusuf Yaska">Yusuf Yaska</a> (1592–1636)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mistefa_B%C3%AAsaran%C3%AE" title="Mistefa Bêsaranî">Mistefa Bêsaranî</a> (1642–1701)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehmed%C3%AA_Xan%C3%AE" title="Ehmedê Xanî">Ehmedê Xanî</a> (1650–1707)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1700s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khana_Qubadi" title="Khana Qubadi">Khana Qubadi</a> (1700–1759)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marif_Nodeyi" title="Marif Nodeyi">Marif Nodeyi</a> (1753–1838/39)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xel%C3%AEl%C3%AA_S%C3%AArt%C3%AE" title="Xelîlê Sêrtî">Xelîlê Sêrtî</a> (1754–1843)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khulam_Rada_Khan_Arkawazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Khulam Rada Khan Arkawazi">Khulam Rada Khan Arkawazi</a> (1765–1834)</li> <li>Pertew Begê Hekarî (1777–1841)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kh%C3%A2lid-i_Shahrazuri" title="Khâlid-i Shahrazuri">Khâlid-i Shahrazuri</a> (1779–1827)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eeyda_Hewram%C3%AE" title="Şeyda Hewramî">Şeyda Hewramî</a> (1784–1852)</li> <li>Şêx Hesenê Nûranî (1786–1866)</li> <li>Şêx Nûredînê Birîfkanî (1795–1851)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Bag_Komasi" title="Ahmad Bag Komasi">Ahmad Bag Komasi</a> (1796–1877)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nal%C3%AE" title="Nalî">Nalî</a> (1797/1800–1855/56)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehm%C3%BBd_Bayaz%C3%AEd%C3%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehmûd Bayazîdî">Mehmûd Bayazîdî</a> (1797–1859)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ya%27q%C5%ABb_M%C4%81ydasht%C4%AB" title="Ya'qūb Māydashtī">Ya'qūb Māydashtī</a> (1799–1871)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almas_Khan-e_Kanoule%27ei" title="Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei">Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei</a></li> <li>Elî Berdeşanî (–1812)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1800s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salim_(Kurdish_poet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salim (Kurdish poet)">Salim</a> (1800–1866)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mastoureh_Ardalan" title="Mastoureh Ardalan">Mastoureh Ardalan</a> (1805–1848)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawlawi_Tawagozi" title="Mawlawi Tawagozi">Mawlawi Tawagozi</a> (1806–1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdi_(poet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdi (poet)">Kurdî</a> (1806/12–1830)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haji_Qadir_Koyi" title="Haji Qadir Koyi">Haji Qadirê Koyî</a> (1817–1897)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sey%C3%AEd_Feh%C3%AEm%C3%AA_Arwas%C3%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seyîd Fehîmê Arwasî (page does not exist)">Seyîd Fehîmê Arwasî</a> (1825–1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wali_Dewane" title="Wali Dewane">Wali Dewane</a> (1826–1881)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xalid_Axay%C3%AA_Z%C3%AAbar%C3%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Xalid Axayê Zêbarî (page does not exist)">Xalid Axayê Zêbarî</a> (1827/28–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahwi" title="Mahwi">Mahwi</a> (1830–1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riza_Talabani" title="Riza Talabani">Sheikh Rezza Talabanî</a> (1835–1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wefay%C3%AE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wefayî">Wefayî</a> (1844–1902)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9E%C3%AAx_Fethullah_Werqanis%C3%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Şêx Fethullah Werqanisî (page does not exist)">Şêx Fethullah Werqanisî</a> (1847–1900)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdurrahman_Aktepe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdurrahman Aktepe (page does not exist)">Abdurrahman Aktepe</a> (1850–1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Ebdilqadire_Paweyi" title="Mirza Ebdilqadire Paweyi">Mirza Ebdilqadire Paweyi</a> (1850–1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osman_Efend%C3%AEyo_Babij" title="Osman Efendîyo Babij">Osman Efendîyo Babij</a> (1852–1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariq" title="Hariq">Hariq</a> (1856–1909)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edeb" title="Edeb">Edeb</a> (1860–1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ehmed%C3%AA_Xas%C3%AE" title="Ehmedê Xasî">Ehmedê Xasî</a> (1866/67–1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piramerd" title="Piramerd">Piramerd</a> (1867–1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Cevdet" title="Abdullah Cevdet">Abdullah Cevdet</a> (1869–1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mevlanzade_Rifat_Bey" title="Mevlanzade Rifat Bey">Mevlanzade Rifat Bey</a> (1869–1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nari_(poet)" title="Nari (poet)">Nari</a> (1874–1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Amin_Zaki" title="Muhammad Amin Zaki">Muhammad Amin Zaki</a> (1880–1948)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mela_Xel%C3%AEl%C3%AA_Mi%C5%9Fext%C3%AE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mela Xelîlê Mişextî (page does not exist)">Mela Xelîlê Mişextî</a> (1888–2007)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nalbend&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nalbend (page does not exist)">Nalbend</a> (1891–1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celadet_Al%C3%AE_Bedirxan" title="Celadet Alî Bedirxan">Celadet Alî Bedirxan</a> (1893–1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Shamilov" title="Arab Shamilov">Erebê Şemo</a> (1897–1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qani" title="Qani">Qani</a> (1898–1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contemporary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Karim_Mudarris" title="Abdul Karim Mudarris">Abdul Karim Mudarris</a> (1901–2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cigerxw%C3%AEn" title="Cigerxwîn">Cigerxwîn</a> (1903–1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Goran" title="Abdullah Goran">Abdullah Goran</a> (1904–1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osman_Sabri" title="Osman Sabri">Osman Sabri</a> (1905–1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Em%C3%AEn%C3%AA_Evdal" title="Emînê Evdal">Emînê Evdal</a> (1906–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heciy%C3%AA_Cind%C3%AE" title="Heciyê Cindî">Heciyê Cindî</a> (1908–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qanate_Kurdo" title="Qanate Kurdo">Qanate Kurdo</a> (1909–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qedr%C3%AEcan" title="Qedrîcan">Qedrîcan</a> (1911–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Ahmad" title="Ibrahim Ahmad">Ibrahim Ahmad</a> (1914–2000)</li> <li><a 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