The following is a list of people who have contributed to the Kurdish literature. This list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Kurdish writers and poets from Iran (Persia), Iraq, Turkey (Ottoman Empire), Syria, Russia (Soviet Union), and European countries.

8th century – 9th century Jaban al-Kurdi

9th century

Abu Hanifa Dinawari

11th century Ali Hariri (Elî Herîrî) (1009–1079), Kurdish poet

12th century Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233), Kurdish/Islamic historian, born in Jazira (Cizîre) region Fakhraddin, Yezidi saint, philosopher, poet and scholar Saladin (1137–1193)

13th century Ibn Khallikan Al-Shahrazuri Ibn al-Salah (1181-1245) Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328) Fakhr al-Din al-Akhlati

14th century Mala Pareshan (1356-1416) Abu'l Fida (1273-1331) Kurdish, the crater Abulfeda on the Moon is named after him Masud ibn Namdar Al-Shahrazuri Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (1325-1404)

15th century Mela Hesenê Bateyî (Melayê Batê), (1417–1491), Kurdish poet and Muslim cleric, Hakkari region Idris Bitlisi

16th century Malaye Jaziri (Melayê Cizîrî), (1570–1640), Kurdish poet and Sufi Sherefxan Bidlisi (1543–1599), historian and poet, author of Sharafnama

17th century Faqi Tayran (Feqiyê Teyran), (1590–1660), poet, author of Sheik San'an and Battle of DimDim Ali Taramakhi (Eliyê Teremaxî), (1591-1653), linguist and writer Mustafa Besarani, (1642–1701), Kurdish poet

Ahmad Khani (Ehmedê Xanî), (1651–1707) Kurdish writer, poet, astronomer and philosopher, author of Mem û Zîn

18th century 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 mathematician poet Khâlid-i Baghdâdî

19th century Mastoura Ardalan (1805–1848), Kurdish poet and historiographer Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806–1882), Kurdish poet and Sufi Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897), Kurdish poet Mahwi (1830–1906), Kurdish poet and Sufi Sheikh Rezza Talabani (1835–1910), Kurdish, Iraq Wafaei (1844–1902), Kurdish poet, Iran Edeb (1860–1918), Kurdish poet, Iran Piramerd (1867–1950), Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan Mulla Effendi (1863 - December 31, 1942), Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer, and politician Said Nursi (1876–1960), Kurdish Islamic philosopher, Turkey Hajj Nematollah (1871–1919), mystic and poet Zewar (1875-1948), writer and poet

20th and 21st century Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000), Kurdish writer, novelist and translator, Iraqi Kurdistan/England Kajal Ahmad (born 1967), Kurdish poet, writer and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan Shamil Asgarov (1928–2005), poet, researcher on the history and culture of the Kurds in Azerbaijan, translator Mustafa Aydogan (born 1957), Writer, novelist and translator, Sweden Mahmud Baksi (1944–2001), Kurdish writer and journalist, Sweden Rojen Barnas (born 1945), Kurdish poet and writer, Sweden Jalal Barzanji (born 1953), writer, poet and journalist, Canada Nuri Barzinji (1896–1958), poet, Iraqi Kurdistan Celadet Bedir Khan (Celadet Alî Bedirxan), (1893–1951), linguist, journalist and politician, founder of the Latin-based Kurdish alphabet Nazand Begikhani (born 1964), Kurdish writer, poet and researcher, UK Cigerxwîn (Cegerxwîn), (1903–1984), Kurdish poet and writer, Turkey/Syria Perwîz Cîhanî (born 1955), Kurdish writer, poet and novelist, Switzerland Hecîyê Cindî (1908–1990), Kurdish writer, linguist and researcher, Armenia Firat Cewerî (born 1959), Kurdish writer, translator and journalist, Sweden Cankurd (born 1948), Kurdish writer and poet, Germany Jalal Dabagh (born 1939), Kurdish writer and journalist, Sweden Dildar, (Yonis Reuf), (1917–1948), Kurdish poet, Iraq Muhamad Salih Dilan (1927–1990), One of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry Emînê Evdal (1906–1964), Kurdish writer and linguist, Armenia Abdulla Goran (1904–1962), Kurdish poet Ahmad Hardi (1922–2006), Kurdish poet, Iraqi Kurdistan/UK Choman Hardi (born 1974), Kurdish poet, researcher and painter, UK Rauf Hassan (born 1945), Kurdish writer and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan Rafiq Hilmi (1898–1960), Kurdish writer, literary analyst and politician, Iraq Karim Hisami (1926–2001), Kurdish writer, Iran/Iraq/Sweden Fawaz Hussain (born 1953), writer and translator, France Karzan Kardozi (born 1983) Kurdish writer and film director, USA Keça Kurd (born 1948), poet, writer and linguist, Germany Latif Halmat (born 1947), Kurdish poet, Iraqi Kurdistan Nado Makhmudov (1907-1990), Kurdish writer and public figure, Armenia Zeki Majed (born 1996) Kurdish poet and film director, Bulgaria Hesenê Metê (born 1957), Kurdish writer, novelist and translator, Sweden Hemin Mukriyani (Hêmin Mukriyanî), (1921–1986), Kurdish journalist and poet, Iran Ata Nahai (born 1960), writer and novelist, Iran Abdulla Pashew (born 1946), contemporary Kurdish poet Farhad Pirbal (born 1961), Kurdish writer and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan Madeh Piryonesi (born 1991), engineering scholar and academic, Canada Khalil Rashow (born 1952), Kurdish writer and academic, Germany Qedrîcan (1911–1972), Kurdish poet and writer, Turkey/Syria Rafiq Sabir (born 1950), Kurdish poet, Sweden Alaaddin Sajadi (1907–1984), Kurdish writer, poet and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan Hejar (Abdurrahman Sharafkandi), (1920–1990), Kurdish poet, writer, translator and linguist, Iran Arab Shamilov (Erebê Şemo) (1897–1978), Kurdish writer and novelist, Armenia Farhad Shakely (born 1951), poet, writer and academic, Sweden Pîr Xidir Silêman (born 1952), Kurdish writer, teacher and parliamentarian, Iraqi Kurdistan Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî (born 1946), Kurdish writer, poet and translator, Australia Kaziwa Salih (born 1977), Kurdish writer and researcher, Canada. Serdar Roşan (born 1959), writer, poet and translator, Sweden Têmûrê Xelîl (born 1949), translator and journalist, Sweden Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007), writer and novelist, Turkey/Sweden Yekta Uzunoglu (born 1953), Kurdish writer, translator and entrepreneur, Czech Republic/Germany Taufiq Wahby (1891–1984), writer and linguist, Iraq Azad Zal (born 1972), Kurdish poet, writer, journalist, translator and linguist, Kurdistan Muhamed Amin Zaki (1880–1948), writer, historian and politician, Iraqi Kurdistan Reşo Zîlan (born 1947), Kurdish writer, translator and linguist, Sweden Zeynelabidin Zinar (born 1953), Kurdish writer, researcher and specialist in Kurdish folklore, Sweden See also Kurdish people List of Kurdish people List of Kurdish poets and authors Kurdistan Sharafnama Mem and Zin

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