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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

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 al-Salah (1181-1245)
• 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

• 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
• Nado Makhmudov (1907-1990), Kurdish writer and public figure, Armenia
• 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
• Ahmad Hardi (1922–2006), Kurdish poet, Iraqi Kurdistan/UK
• 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
• 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
• Rafiq Sabir (born 1950), Kurdish poet, Sweden
• Farhad Shakely (born 1951), poet, writer and academic, Sweden
• Khalil Rashow (born 1952), Kurdish writer and academic, Germany
• Pîr Xidir Silêman (born 1952), Kurdish writer, teacher and parliamentarian, Iraqi Kurdistan
• 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), Kurdish writer, researcher and specialist in Kurdish folklore, Sweden
• Yekta Uzunoglu (born 1953), Kurdish writer, translator and entrepreneur, Czech Republic/Germany
• Najiba Ahmad (born 1954), Kurdish writer and poet, Iraq/Iran
• Perwîz Cîhanî (born 1955), Kurdish writer, poet and novelist, Switzerland
• Hesenê Metê (born 1957), Kurdish writer, novelist and translator, Sweden
• Mustafa Aydogan (born 1957), Writer, novelist and translator, Sweden
• Firat Cewerî (born 1959), Kurdish writer, translator and journalist, Sweden
• Serdar Roşan (born 1959), writer, poet and translator, Sweden
• Ata Nahai (born 1960), writer and novelist, Iran
• Farhad Pirbal (born 1961), Kurdish writer and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan
• Nazand Begikhani (born 1964), Kurdish writer, poet and researcher, UK
• Mahabad Qaradaghi (born 1966), Kurdish writer, poet and translator, Sweden
• Kaziwa Salih (born 1977), Kurdish writer and researcher, Canada.
• Kajal Ahmad (born 1967), Kurdish poet, writer and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan
• Choman Hardi (born 1974), Kurdish poet, researcher and painter, UK
• Jalal Dabagh (born 1939), Kurdish writer and journalist, Sweden
• Zeki Majed (born 1996) Kurdish poet and film director, Bulgaria

See also

• Kurdish people
• List of Kurdish people
• List of Kurdish poets and authors
• Kurdistan
• Sharafnama
• Mem and Zin

References