Najiba Ahmad
Najiba Ahmad | |
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نهجیبە ئهحمهد | |
| Born | 1954 (age 71–72) Kirkuk, Iraq |
| Education | Studied Kurdish language and literature at the University of Sulaymaniyah |
| Alma mater | University of Sulaymaniyah |
| Occupations | Poet, Writer, Translator |
| Writing career | |
| Language | Kurdish |
| Years active | 1970s – present |
| Period | 20th century – present |
| Genres | Poetry, Short Stories, Translation |
| Subjects | Kurdish culture, Women's issues, Kurdish Liberation Movement |
| Notable works |
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Najiba Ahmad (born 1954) (Kurdish:نهجیبە ئهحمهد, Necîbe Ehmed; pronounced [nadʒiːba aħmad]) is a contemporary Kurdish writer, poet, and translator.
Life and career
Ahmad was born in the northern city of Kirkuk in 1954. She studied Kurdish language and literature at the University of Sulaimaniya and worked as a teacher for many years before joining the Kurdish liberation movement. When she began writing poetry, she was the only female Kurdish literary figure.[1]
Along with a handful of female Kurdish poets and writers, including Kajal Ahmad (b. 1967) and Mahabad Qadragi (b. 1966), she is regarded as making a significant contribution to the development of Kurdish literature.[2]
Work
She has published three volumes of her short stories and of her poetry and her work is also included in anthologies such as An Anthology of Modern Kurdish Literature [3] She has also translated poetry from Arabic and Persian to Kurdish and written literary articles, novels, short stories, drama, and literary works for children.
Selected publications
- Spring Weeping, Tabriz, Iran, 1994.
- Rasan (short stories) Tabriz, Iran, 1994.
- History of the Apple-tree, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1998.
- The Butterflies of Death (short stories), Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan 1998.
- A Deer Created of Water, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2005
- Resurrection of Pear Buds, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2005
See also
References
- Kurdish-language writers
- Translators to Kurdish
- Kurdish-language Iraqi poets
- 1954 births
- Living people
- University of Sulaymaniyah alumni
- People from Kirkuk
- 20th-century Iraqi poets
- Iraqi women poets
- 20th-century Iraqi writers
- 20th-century Iraqi women writers
- 21st-century Iraqi writers
- 21st-century Iraqi women writers
- 21st-century Iraqi poets
- 20th-century women poets
- 21st-century women poets
- 20th-century Kurdish women writers
- 20th-century Kurdish writers
- 21st-century Kurdish women writers
- 21st-century Kurdish writers
- Iraqi writer stubs
- Middle Eastern poet stubs
- Kurdish people stubs