List of Kurdish People - Poets and Writers

Poets and Writers

The following is a list of people who have contributed to language and literature in Kurdish.

• Ali Hariri (1425–1495), the first well-known Kurdish poet.
• Ahmade Bate (Ehmedê Batê), (1417–1491), Kurdish poet and Muslim cleric, Hakkari region.
• Malaye Jaziri (Melayê Cizîrî),(1570–1640), Kurdish poet and sufi
• Faqi Tayran (Feqîyê Teyran), (1590–1660), poet, author of Sheik San'an and Battle of DimDim.
• Ali Taramakhi (Elî Teremaxî), (16th century), linguist and writer.
• Mustafa Besarani, (1642-1701),Kurdish poet
• Ahmad Khani (Ehmedê Xanî), (1651–1707), Kurdish poet and a Muslim scholar, author of Mem û Zîn.
• Khana Qubadi (Xana Qubadî), (1700–1759), Kurdish poet, author of Şîrîn û Xesrew.
• Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859), Kurdish writer, translator and historian.
• Nalî (1797–1869), Kurdish poet.
• Mastoura Ardalan (1805–1848), Kurdish poet and historiographer.
• Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806–1882), Kurdish poet and sufi.
• Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897), Kurdish poet.
• Sherefxan Bidlisi (1543–1599), historian and poet, author of Sharafnama in Persian.
• Mahwi (1830–1906), Kurdish poet and sufi.
• Sheikh Rezza Talabani (1835–1910), Kurdish, Iraq.
• Wafaei (1844–1902), Kurdish poet, Iran.
• Misbaholdiwan Adab (1860–1918), Kurdish poet, Iran
• Piramerd (1867–1950), Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Muhamed Amin Zaki (1880–1948), writer, historian and politician, Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Taufiq Wahby (1891–1984), writer and linguist, Iraq.
• Celadet Bedir Khan (Celadet Alî Bedirxan), (1893–1951), linguist, journalist and politician, founder of the Latin-based Kurdish alphabet.
• Nuri Barzinji (1896–1958), poet, Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Arab Shamilov (Erebê Şemo) (1897–1978), Kurdish writer and novelist, Armenia.
• Rafiq Hilmi (1898–1960), Kurdish writer, literary analyst and politician, Iraq.
• Cigerxwîn (Cegerxwîn), (1903–1984), Kurdish poet and writer, Turkey/Syria.
• Abdulla Goran (1904–1962), Kurdish poet.
• Osman Sabri (1905–1993), Kurdish poet, writer and journalist, Turkey/Syria.
• Emînê Evdal (1906–1964), Kurdish writer and linguist, Armenia.
• Alaaddin Sajadi (1907–1984), Kurdish writer, poet and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Hecîyê Cindî (1908–1990), Kurdish writer, linguist and researcher, Armenia.
• Qanate Kurdo (1909–1985), Kurdish writer, linguist and academic, Russia.
• Qedrîcan (1911–1972), Kurdish poet and writer, Turkey/Syria.
• Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000), Kurdish writer, novelist and translator, Iraqi Kurdistan/England.
• Dildar, (Yonis Reuf), (1917–1948), Kurdish poet, Iraq
• Hejar (Abdurrahman Sharafkandi), (1920–1990), Kurdish poet, writer, translator and linguist, Iran.
• Hemin Mukriyani (Hêmin Mukriyanî), (1921–1986), Kurdish journalist and poet, Iran.
• Husein Muhammed (born 1980), Kurdish writer, editor of the Kovara Mehname, translator
• Ahmad Hardi (1922–2006), Kurdish poet, Iraqi Kurdistan/UK.
• Yasar Kemal (born 1923), Kurdish writer, Turkey.
• Karim Hisami (1926–2001), Kurdish writer, Iran/Iraq/Sweden.
• Muhamad Salih Dilan (1927–1990), One of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry.
• Shamil Asgarov (1928–2005), poet, researcher on the history and culture of the Kurds in Azerbaijan, translator.
• Maruf Khaznadar (1930-2010), academic and researcher, Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Ordîxanê Celîl (1932–2007), academic and linguist, Armenia/Russia.
• Jamal Nebez (born 1933), writer, linguist and researcher, Germany.
• Mehmed Emin Bozarslan (born 1935), Kurdish writer, Sweden.
• Ahmad Ghazi (born 1936), writer and translator, Iran.
• Celîlê Celîl (born 1936), Historian and Kurdologist, Armenia/Austria.
• Suwara Ilkhanizada (1937–1976), Kurdish poet, Iran.
• Sherko Bekas (born 1940), Kurdish poet.
• Eskerê Boyîk (born 1941), Kurdish poet, Armenia/Germany.
• Tosinê Reşîd (born 1941), Kurdish writer, Armenia/Australia.
• Mahmud Baksi (1944–2001), Kurdish writer and journalist, Sweden.
• Rauf Hassan (born 1945), Kurdish writer and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Rojen Barnas (born 1945), Kurdish poet and writer, Sweden.
• Azad Zal (born 1972), Kurdish poet, writer, journalist, translator and linguist, Kurdistan.
• Abdulla Pashew (born 1946), contemporary Kurdish poet.
• Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî (born 1946), Kurdish writer, poet and translator, Australia.
• Reşo Zîlan (born 1947), Kurdish writer, translator and linguist, Sweden.
• Latif Halmat (born 1947), Kurdish poet, Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Keça Kurd (born 1948), poet, writer and linguist, Germany.
• Cankurd (born 1948), Kurdish writer and poet, Germany.
• Têmûrê Xelîl (born 1949), translator and journalist, Sweden.
• Zaradachet Hajo (born 1950), Kurdish linguist and academic, Head of the Kurdish PEN, Germany.
• Rafiq Sabir (born 1950), Kurdish poet, Sweden.
• Farhad Shakely (born 1951), poet, writer and academic, Sweden.
• Khalil Duhoki (born 1951), Kurdish writer, poet, Sweden.
• Khalil Rashow (born 1952), Kurdish writer and academic, Germany.
• Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007), writer and novelist, Turkey/Sweden.
• Jalal Barzanji (born 1953), writer, poet and journalist, Canada.
• Fawaz Hussain (born 1953), writer and translator, France.
• Zeynelabidin Zinar (born 1953), writer, researcher and specialist in Kurdish folklore, Sweden.
• Yekta Uzunoglu (born 1953), writer, translator and entrepreneur, Czech Republic/Germany.
• Najiba Ahmad (born 1954), writer and poet, Iraq/Iran.
• Perwîz Cîhanî (born 1955), writer, poet and novelist, Switzerland.
• Fadıl Öztürk (born 1955), writer and poet, literary and political work
• Lokman Polat (born 1956), writer, Sweden.
• Hesenê Metê (born 1957), writer, novelist and translator, Sweden.
• Mustafa Aydogan (born 1957), Writer, novelist and translator, Sweden.
• Firat Cewerî (born 1959), writer, translator and journalist, Sweden.
• Serdar Roşan (born 1959), writer, poet and translator, Sweden.
• Ata Nahai (born 1960), writer and novelist, Iran.
• Bachtyar Ali (born 1960), writer and novelist, Iraq/Germany.
• Farhad Pirbal (born 1961), writer and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Nazand Begikhani (born 1964), writer, poet and researcher, UK.
• Mahabad Qaradaghi (born 1966), writer, poet and translator, Sweden.
• Kajal Ahmad (born 1967), poet, writer and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Choman Hardi (born 1974), poet, researcher and painter, UK.
• Bakhtiar Sajjadi (born 1976), writer and translator, Iran.
• Evdile Koçer (born 1977), writer, Germany.
• Hussein Khaliqi, writer, Iran/Sweden.