List of Kurdish poets and authors
The following is a list of people who have contributed to the Kurdish literature.
16th century - 20th century
- Malaye Jaziri (Melayê Cizîrî),(1570–1640), Kurdish poet and sufi
- Sherefxan Bidlisi (1543–1599), historian and poet, author of Sharafnama.
- Faqi Tayran (Feqîyê Teyran), (1590–1660), poet, author of Sheik San'an and Battle of DimDim.
- Ali Taramakhi (Elî Teremaxî), (16th century), linguist and writer.
- Mustafa Besarani, (1642-1701),Kurdish poet
- Ahmad Khani (Ehmedê Xanî), (1651–1707), Kurdish poet and a Muslim scholar, author of Mem û Zîn.
- Khana Qubadi (Xana Qubadî), (1700–1759), Kurdish poet, author of Şîrîn û Xesrew.
- Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859), Kurdish writer, translator and historian.
- Nali (1797–1869), Kurdish poet.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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