▁anth ology ▁of ▁Kur d ish ▁literature , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁its ▁kind . ▁Crit ical ▁success ▁came ▁with ▁his ▁novel ▁" In ▁the ▁Sh adow ▁of ▁a ▁Lost ▁Love " ▁( Si ya ▁Ev în ê ). ▁The ▁story ▁fict ional izes ▁a ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁Kur d ish ▁intellectual ' s ▁failed ▁struggle ▁to ▁purs ue ▁both ▁his ▁love ▁for ▁a ▁woman ▁and ▁his ▁duty ▁to ▁fight ▁the ▁newly ▁formed ▁Turkish ▁republic . ▁ ▁His ▁nov els ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁translated ▁into ▁European ▁languages ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁Two ▁of ▁his ▁books ▁have ▁been ▁published ▁in ▁Swedish : ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁ess ays , ▁Gran at ä ppel bl om ning ▁( The ▁Pom eg ran ate ▁Flow ers ), ▁and ▁the ▁novel ▁I ▁sk ug gan ▁av ▁en ▁för lor ad ▁k är lek ▁( In ▁the ▁Sh adow ▁of ▁a ▁Lost ▁Love ). ▁In ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Made le ine ▁G rive , ▁he ▁has ▁also ▁published ▁an ▁international ▁anth ology , ▁V är ld en ▁i ▁Sverige ▁( The ▁World ▁in ▁Sweden ), ▁a ▁pione ering ▁anth ology ▁of ▁texts ▁by ▁writers ▁who ▁were ▁not ▁born ▁in ▁Sweden , ▁but ▁who ▁are ▁living ▁and ▁writing ▁there . ▁He ▁also ▁publish es ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁of ▁the ▁Kur d ish ▁Institute ▁of ▁Paris , ▁Kur man c î . ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁T org ny ▁Seg erst ed t ▁Award ▁for ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁in ▁a ▁narr