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The following is a list of
Kurdish poets and authors:
9th century
10th-15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
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Piramerd (1867–1950), poet, writer, novelist and journalist,
Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Muhamed Amin Zaki (1880–1948), writer, historian and politician,
Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Taufiq Wahby (1891–1984), writer and linguist, Iraq.
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Celadet Bedir Khan (Celadet Alî Bedirxan), (1893–1951), linguist, journalist and politician, founder of the Latin-based
Kurdish alphabet.
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Nuri Barzinji (1896–1958), poet, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Arab Shamilov (Erebê Şemo) (1897–1978), writer and novelist, Armenia.
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Rafiq Hilmi (1898–1960), writer, literary analyst and politician, Iraq.
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Muhammad Wali Kermashani (1901-?), poet, Iran
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Cigerxwîn (Cegerxwîn), (1903–1984), poet and writer, Turkey/Syria.
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Abdulla Goran (1904–1962), poet and father of modern Kurdish poetry, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Osman Sabri (1905–1993), poet, writer and journalist, Turkey/Syria.
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Emînê Evdal (1906–1964), writer and linguist, Armenia.
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Alaaddin Sajadi (1907–1984), writer, poet and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Hecîyê Cindî (1908–1990), writer, linguist and researcher, Armenia.
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Qanate Kurdo (1909–1985), writer, linguist and academic, Russia.
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Qedrîcan (1911–1972), poet and writer, Turkey/Syria.
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Ibrahim Ahmad (1914–2000), writer, novelist and translator, Iraqi Kurdistan/England.
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Dildar, (Yonis Reuf), (1917–1948), poet, Iraq
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Nûredin Zaza (1919-1988), writer, publisher, Turkey and Syria, Switzerland.
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Hejar (Abdurrahman Sharafkandi), (1920–1990), poet, writer, translator and linguist, Iran.
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Hemin Mukriyani (Hêmin Mukriyanî), (1921–1986), journalist and poet, Iran.
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Ahmad Hardi (1922–2006), poet, Iraqi Kurdistan/UK.
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Karim Hisami (1926–2001), writer, Iran/Iraq/Sweden.
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Muhamad Salih Dilan (1927–1990), One of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry.
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Shamil Asgarov (1928–2005), poet, researcher on the history and culture of the Kurds in Azerbaijan, translator.
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Emerîkê Serdar (1935-2018), journalist, writer and translator, Armenia.
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Mahmud Baksi (1944–2001), writer and journalist, Sweden.
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Abdulla Pashew (1946- ), contemporary poet, Iraqi Kurdistan/Sweden
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Shami Kermashani (1927-1984), poet from southeastern Kurdistan, Iran.
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Faryad Shiri (1971- ), poet from southeastern Kurdistan, Iran.
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Malak Jân Nemati (1906-1993), mystical writer and poet from southeastern Kurdistan, Iran.
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Khider Kosari (1969–1993) Islamist poet from Ranya, Kurdistan.
21st century
See also
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