(born 1947), Poet, Iraqi Kurdistan. Abdulla Pashew (Ebdulla Peşêw) (born 1947), Poet. Alan Rubar (born 1948) Poet and translator. Born in Irani Kurdistan, Sardasht. Salim Barakat (born 1951) Poet, Writer, and Novelist. Rafiq Sabir (born 1950) Poet, Sweden. Mehmed Uzun (1953–2007), Contemporary Writer and Novelist. Firat Cewerî (born 1959), Contemporary Writer and Novelist. Jan Dost (born 1965), writer and novelist İbrahim Halil Baran (born 1981), Poet, writer and designer. Azad Zal (born 1972), Writer-journalist-translator-poet-linguist and lexicographer Suwara Ilkhanizada (1937–1976), Among the first poets that composed modern poems in Kurdistan. Kurdish poets and writers of the 21st century Bachtyar Ali (1960-), Novelist from Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan Behrouz Boochani (1983-), Novelist from Ilam, Iran References External links PHILIP G. KREYENBROEK, "Kurdish Written Literature", Encyclopedia Iranica [ T. Bois, Kurdish Folklore and Literature, Part VI of Kurds and Kurdistan], Encyclopaedia of Islam. Iranic literature Kurdish culture Kurdish language Literature by ethnicity