, ▁he ▁started ▁to ▁write ▁in ▁ ▁his ▁mother ▁tongue . ▁As ▁a ▁writer , ▁he ▁achieved ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁towards ▁sh aping ▁a ▁modern ▁Kur d ish ▁literary ▁language ▁and ▁rev iving ▁the ▁Kur d ish ▁tradition ▁of ▁story t elling . ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁he ▁lived ▁in ▁ex ile ▁in ▁Sweden ▁as ▁a ▁political ▁refuge e . ▁During ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁Sc and in avia , ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁writer , ▁author ▁of ▁a ▁dozen ▁Kur d ish ▁language ▁nov els ▁and ▁ess ays , ▁which ▁have ▁made ▁him ▁a ▁found ing ▁member ▁of ▁modern ▁Kur d ish ▁literature ▁in ▁Kur man ji ▁dialect . ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Ist an bul , ▁Turkey . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁P EN ▁club ▁and ▁the ▁Swedish ▁writers ▁association . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁U z un ▁had ▁been ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁cancer . ▁Following ▁treatment ▁at ▁the ▁Kar olin ska ▁University ▁Hospital ▁of ▁Stockholm , ▁in ▁Sweden ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Di yar b ak ir , ▁Turkey , ▁where ▁he ▁died , ▁aged ▁ 5 4 . ▁ ▁Works ▁He ▁published ▁seven ▁nov els ▁in ▁Kur d ish . ▁U z un ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁attempt ▁at ▁a ▁modern ▁Kur d ish ▁novel ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁Tu ▁( You ). ▁After ▁that ▁he ▁edited ▁an