Cankurd, (born 1948 in Maydan), is a contemporary Kurdish poet and writer.
Born 1948 [1] in the village of Maydan [ citation needed] in northwestern Syria, he completed his studies in Afrin and Aleppo. Due to his political activism, he was imprisoned several times, until he left Syria for Germany in 1979. [1] He writes in Kurdish, Arabic and German. He has translated some of the literary works of Shakespeare and Daphne du Maurier into Kurdish. [2] He has also translated some poets of the contemporary Arab poet Nizar Qabbani into Kurdish. [3]
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Cankurd, (born 1948 in Maydan), is a contemporary Kurdish poet and writer.
Born 1948 [1] in the village of Maydan [ citation needed] in northwestern Syria, he completed his studies in Afrin and Aleppo. Due to his political activism, he was imprisoned several times, until he left Syria for Germany in 1979. [1] He writes in Kurdish, Arabic and German. He has translated some of the literary works of Shakespeare and Daphne du Maurier into Kurdish. [2] He has also translated some poets of the contemporary Arab poet Nizar Qabbani into Kurdish. [3]
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