Kürt Edebiyatı

This study consists of the "Kurdish Literature" themed issue of the magazine "Études Kurdes", which has been published periodically by the Paris Kurdish Institute since 2000.

In his review titled " Kurdish Literature" , Joyce Blau reveals a panorama of Kurdish literature in the four parts of Kurdistan and the diaspora, starting from the first written works, from Gurani literature and classical literature to the present day. “ The origins of Kurdish literature are dark. Not only is nothing known about the pre-Islamic culture of the Kurds, it is also a mystery that many texts have disappeared in the storm of incessant conflicts that have occurred and continue to occur in the Kurdish lands. The first texts that have come down to us, which are unquestionably of Kurdish origin, were written using the Arabic-Persian alphabet. For a long time, this literature remained accessible only to urban dwellers, and the settled or nomadic peasants and shepherds who constitute the vast majority of Kurds gave priority to oral literature. The number of texts is small and the majority of them are inaccessible. “The rare information that has come down to us about the lives of the poets is contradictory,” says Blau. 

Other articles included in the compilation are; “ Ehmedê Xanî or 'Why Do I Write in Kurdish?'” - Sandrine Alexie , “ The Religious Literature of the Ehl-i Hak Kurds” - Shahab Vali , “ Goran Poems from East to West - Amr Taher Ahmed , “ Magical Realism in the Novels of the Kurdish Writer Bextiyar Eli ” - Ahmad Hashimzadeh , “ There Is Still Hope Interview with Emerîk Serdar ” - Estelle Amy de la Bréteque , “ A Few Observations on the Linguistic Policy in Iraqi Kurdistan and Its Effects on the Cultural Unity of the Kurds ” - Geoffrey Haig , “ Xanî' in the Manuscript Collection of the Library I of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iran) A Delayed Ottoman Turkish Version of Mem û Zîn Poem by Mustafa Dehqan ...