List of Kurdish poets and authors

The following is a list of Kurdish poets and authors:

9th century

Balool

10th-15th century

Evdilsemedê Babek (972–1019) Ali Hariri (1009–1079/80) Mele Perîşan (1356–1431) Mela Huseynê Bateyî (1417–1495)

16th century Sherefxan Bidlisi (1543–1599) Şêx Şemsedînê Exlatî (1558–1674) Melayê Cizîrî (1570–1640) Asenath Barzani (1590–1670) Feqiyê Teyran (1590–1660) Yusuf Yaska (1592–1636) Elî Teremaxî

17th century Mistefa Bêsaranî (1642–1701)

Ahmad Khani (1651–1707) Shaykh Mustafa Takhtayi

18th century Khana Qubadi (1700–1759), classic poet from southeastern Kurdistan, Iran. Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei (1706-1777), classic poet and author of Kurdish Shahnameh. Marif Nodeyi (1753–1838/9) Xelîlê Sêrtî (1754–1843) Khulam Rada Khan Arkawazi (1765-1834), classic poet and ascetic from southeastern Kurdistan, Iran. Khâlid-i Shahrazuri (1779–1827) Şeyda Hewramî (1784–1852) Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859) Nalî (1797/1800–1855/6) Yaqub Maydashti (1799–1871), classic poet from southeastern Kurdistan, Iran.

19th century Mastoura Ardalan (1805–1848), poet and historiographer. Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806–1882), poet and Sufi. Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897), poet. Tirkamir Azadbakht (1747-1820), poet. Mahwi (1830–1906), poet and Sufi. Sheikh Rezza Talabani (1835–1910), Iraq. Wafaei (1844–1902) poet, Iran.

Edeb (1860–1918), poet, Iran

20th century Piramerd (1867–1950), 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), writer and novelist, Armenia. Rafiq Hilmi (1898–1960), writer, literary analyst and politician, Iraq. Muhammad Wali Kermashani (1901-?), poet, Iran Cigerxwîn (Cegerxwîn), (1903–1984), poet and writer, Turkey/Syria. Abdulla Goran (1904–1962), poet and father of modern Kurdish poetry, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Osman Sabri (1905–1993), poet, writer and journalist, Turkey/Syria. Emînê Evdal (1906–1964), writer and linguist, Armenia. Alaaddin Sajadi (1907–1984), writer, poet and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan. Hecîyê Cindî (1908–1990), writer, linguist and researcher, Armenia. Qanate Kurdo (1909–1985), writer, linguist and academic, Russia. Qedrîcan (1911–1972), poet and writer, Turkey/Syria. Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000), writer, novelist and translator, Iraqi Kurdistan/England. Dildar, (Yonis Reuf), (1917–1948), poet, Iraq Nûredin Zaza (1919-1988), writer, publisher, Turkey and Syria, Switzerland. Hejar (Abdurrahman Sharafkandi), (1920–1990), poet, writer, translator and linguist, Iran. Hemin Mukriyani (Hêmin Mukriyanî), (1921–1986), journalist and poet, Iran. Ahmad Hardi (1922–2006), poet, Iraqi Kurdistan/UK. Karim Hisami (1926–2001), 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. Emerîkê Serdar (1935-2018), journalist, writer and translator, Armenia. Mahmud Baksi (1944–2001), writer and journalist, Sweden. Abdulla Pashew (1946- ), contemporary poet, Iraqi Kurdistan/Sweden Shami Kermashani (1927-1984), poet from southeastern Kurdistan, Iran. Faryad Shiri (1971- ), poet from southeastern Kurdistan, Iran. Malak Jân Nemati (1906-1993), mystical writer and poet from southeastern Kurdistan, Iran. Khider Kosari (1969–1993) Islamist poet from Ranya, Kurdistan. Jila Hosseini (1964–1996) poet, writer and radio announcer from Eastern Kurdistan.

21st century Bachtyar Ali, (1960), Kurdish writer and poet Hiwa Qadir, (1964), Kurdish writer and poet Sara Omar, (1986-), Contemporary author, novelist, poet human rights fighter, first internationally recognized Kurdish female novelist from Kurdistan Abdullah Öcalan Selahattin Demirtaş Arjen Arî, (1956-2012), Kurdish writer and poet Müslüm Aslan, (1974), Kurdish writer and poet German Wikipedia Profile Necat Baysal, (1988), Kurdish writer and poet

See also List of Kurdish scholars

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