Contemporary Kurdish Author

-Researcher, Author, Politician-

FATIH RESUL (1931 - 2008)

Fatih Resul was born in Hewler in Iraqi Kurdistan. He has been a fighter and has struggled many years in Iraqi Communist Party against the Baath and Saddam's repressive and cruel regime.

Fatih Resul is also welknown for his research in Kurdish political history and he has published many works in this topic. Fatih Resul died in Stockholm at July 22nd, 2008 after a heart surgery.

Fatih Resul at one of his many visits at Kurdish Book Bank - SARA, April 2002

Contemporary Kurdish Author

-Researcher, Author-

CEMŞÎD BENDER (1927 - 2008)

Cemşîd Bender (Mehdî Halici) was born in in Konya (Iconia) in 1927. Cemşîd Bender was finished his studies in Law Faculty in Konstantinople (Istanbul) in 1950. Cemşîd Bender has been in Norway in 1958 and studied in cooperative management. Cemşîd Bender published the journal Cagri with his brother Feyzi Halici in Istanbul. His authorship started with this journal, but he started also research about history of Kurds. Some of his works; Kurdish History and Civilisation, Kurdish Mitology, Kurdish Food Culture. Cemşîd Bender died in his home in (Smyrna) Izmir at April 8th, 2008.

Contemporary Kurdish Author

-Translater, Author-

ÇERKEZÊ RES (1955 - 2008)

Çerkezê Res was born in the village Zvartnosa in republic of Armenia in former Soviet Union in 1955.

Çerkezê Res has published many literary and folkloric works about Kurdish culutral life. His welknown work is 'Shoresha Peyvan' the revolution of the words - a collected works of the Kurdish poetry. Çerkezê Res was the editor of the Kurdish newspaper BOTAN which is being published in Armenian language. Çerkezê Res worked also as lecturer at the Instute of Pedadogy of Khachatur Abovyan in Yerevan.

Çerkezê Res died at his home in Abovyan in Armenia at Marsh 21st, 2008.

Contemporary Kurdish Author

-Researcher, Author-

ORDIXANE CELIL (1932 - 2007)

Ordixane Celil the Kurdish researcher and author was born in Yerevan, in former Soviet Armenia. He is son to the well known Kurdish author Casime Celil who has been one of the founders for the Kurdish Radio in former Soviet Union in 1940:ies.

Ordixane Celil has published many literary and folkloric works about Kurdish cultural life.

Ordixane Celil died in St Petersburg in 75 age october 22nd, 2007.

Life of Ordixane Celil in brief

Contemporary Kurdish Author

-Researcher, Author-

SALAH SADALLAH (1945 - 2007)

Bi kurdî

Salah Sadallah the Kurdish author was most known by his English-Kurdish Dictionary called Saladin Dictionary, a English-Kurdish dictionary. He was married to Sinem Khan - one of doughters of the Kurdish prince Mîr Celadet Bedirxan's Sînem Bedr Khan. Salah Sadallah died at October 19th, 2007 in his home in Hewler in Sothern Kurdistan.

Salah Sadallah has many writen works.Beside his well known English - Kurdish Dictionary he has translated many English work into Kurdish language. Some of them are: The Snow of Kilimanjaro, romana The Diplomat. Salah Sadallah has translated works from Arabic to Kurdish too.

Salah Sadallah had recently translated the Kurdish national epos Mem and Zin into English and when he was dieing he was busy with publishing of this work. Salah Sadallah had also a publishing work about the Kurds of Syria short while before his dead.

October 19th, 2007

Salah Sadallah 's Life in Brief

Contemporary Kurdish Author

-Novel Author-

MEHMED UZUN (1953 - 2007)

The Kurdish novel author Mehmed Uzun is dead. Mehmed Uzun was born in 1953 in Sewreg in Northern Kurdistan.

Mehmed Uzun was living in Sweden since 1979. He moved to Diyarbekir in 2006 after his illness in canser. Mehmed Uzun was married and had two children.

Mehmed Uzun has many published Kurdish novels which has been translated into many languages.

SARA FÖRLAG & DISTRIBUTION has published one of Mehmed Uzun's first novels: Bîra Qederê, Well of destiny.

October 11th, 2007

Mehmed Uzun's Life in Brief

Contemporary Kurdish Author

-Novel Author, Translator -

NAZIF TELEK (1956 - 2007)

The Kurdish Author & Translator Nazif Telek is dead. Nezif Telek was born in 1956 in Bitlis in Northern Kurdistan.

Nazif Telek was living in Germany as a political refugee, since the Turkish coup d'etat at September 12th, 1980. Nazif Telek was married and had two children. Nazif Telek has many Kurdish works published and translated into German and English.

September 30th, 2007

To see some works of Nazif Telek - please click here: 1 2 3 4

Contemporary Kurdish Author

-Historian -

SEKROYE XUDO MIHOYÎ (1930 - 2007)

Sekroyê Xudo Mihoyî was born in 1930 in the former Soviet Armenia in Yerevan. Sekroyê Mihoyî was known with his research on Kurds and Kurdistan. He died February 1st, 2007 in Yerevan.

Contemporary Kurdish Author Journalist

-Journalist -

HEMRES RESO (1939 - 2003)

Mamoste Hemres Reso li mêjuyê 11/2 sala 1939'ê li gundê Saqo'yê li qeza Kolikê ku li nav herêma bajarê Semsûrê (Adiyaman) ye, hatiye dunyayê. Dibistana destpêkî û navînî li Kolikê xwendiye. Kolêja Amerîkî li bajarê Cesaria'yê (Kayseri) biriye serî. Di navbera salên 1957-1960'î de li Stanbolê xwandina xwe ya lîse'yê kiriye. Di salên 1961-1963'yî de jî, li Enqerê xwendina zankoyî (unîversîte) ya ''Ankara Hukuk Fakultesi'' biriye serî.

Di sala 1963'yî de hatiye Swîssre'yê û pasê ji wir jî derbasê Almanya'yê bûye. Di navbera sala 1967-1975'ê de jî li zankoya Berlîn'ê xwandina aboriyê (ekonomi) kiriye.

Piraniya jiyan û têkoþîna watedar a rewþenbîr û siyasetmedarê kurd mamoste Hemreþ Reþo, ji bo vejandin, pêþvexistin û parastina ziman û çanda kurdî bûye.

Hemreþ Reþo van salên xwe yên li dîasporayê ku tam 40 sal dike, bi tevayî di riya pêþvexistin û parastina çand û zimanê kurdî de buhurandiye. Ji me re sê govarên kurdî yên di dîroka çand û zimanê me de, her yek bi serê xwe sê dîmen û bihnên geþ û xweþ in, pêþkêþ kiriye; KURDISTAN (multi-lingual kurd/îng/ereb), HÊVIYA WELÊT û ÇIYA.

Doz û têkoþîna Hemreþ Reþo'yî, xebata wî ya di warê çand û zimanî de, di dîroka xebata li derveyî welêt, gavên pir ber bi pêþ de ne û di dîroka ziman û çanda kurdî de wê her dem xwedî ciyek herî diyar be.

Hemreþ Reþo di roja 27/12.2003'yî de li bajarê Disburg'ê li Almanya'yê koçê dawiyê kiribû. Hemreþ Reþo gava ji dunyayê bar kir, serokê Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistana Bakur bû.