Rojen Barnas is the pen name of Mehmet Gemici (born 1945), a contemporary Kurdish poet and writer. He was born in the Diyarbakır region in south-eastern Turkey. He became active in Kurdish politics in the 1970s. He has made his home in Sweden since 1981. He started publishing a Kurdish magazine called in the 1970s. He has also published articles in other Kurdish journals such as and . Works In the early dawn (Li bandeva spêde), Izmir, 1980. The moon in the sky of Diyarbakir (Heyv li esmanê Diyarbekirê), 119 pp., 1984. . The kingdom of love (Milkê Evînê), 81 pp., Nûdem Publishers, Stockholm, 1995. . Then (Hingê), 83 pp., Nûdem Publishers, Stockholm, 1997. (short stories) References Sources The works of Rojen Barnas, Immigrant Institute, Notes 1945 births Living people Kurdish-language writers Turkish people of Kurdish descent Turkish emigrants to Sweden