Hesenê Metê

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Hesenê Metê, (1957- ), is a prominent Kurdish writer, novelist and translator. He was born in Erxanî near Diyarbakır in south-eastern Turkey. He has been living in Sweden since 1980's. He has translated works by Pushkin and Dostoyevski into Kurdish.

[edit] Works

1. Merivên reben, Translation of Poor Folk by Dostoyevski, 185 pp., Welat Publishers, 1991. ISBN 91-971254-8-2.
2. Smîrnoff, Story, 95 pp., Welat Publishers, Stockholm, 1991. ISBN 91-971254-1-5.
3. Ardû, çîrokên gelêrî, 173 pp., Welat Publishers, Stockholm, 1991. ISBN 91-971254-4-X.
4. Labîrenta cinan, Novel, 197 pp., Welat Publishers, Huddinge, Sweden, 1994. ISBN 91-971254-7-4.
5. Epîlog, Story, 141 pp., Nûdem Publishers, Järfälla, Sweden, 1998. ISBN 91-88592-35-9.
6. Keça Kapîtan, Translation of The Captain's Daughter by Pushkin, 1998.
7. Tofan, Story, 88 pp., Apec Publishers, Spånga, Sweden, 2000. ISBN 91-89014-76-6.
8. Ansîklopediya Zarokan (Children's Encyclopaedia), with Amed Tigris, Mehmud Lewendi, Seyidxan Anter, Ali Ciftci, 236 pp., Apec Publishers, Sweden, 2004. ISBN 91-89675-32-0.[1]

[edit] References

• The Biography of Kurdish Novelists, by Firat Cewerî. (in Kurdish).
• An Interview with Hesenê Metê, Avesta Journal, (in Kurdish).
• Works of Hesenê Metê, Immigrant Institute (in Swedish).