Abdulla Pashew

Abdulla Pashew, or (Kurdish: Ebdulla Peşêw), is a well-known Kurdish poet. He was born in 1946 in Hewlêr, Iraqi Kurdistan. He studied at the Teachers' Training Institute in Hewlêr (Erbil), and participated in the Foundation Congress of the Kurdish Writers' Union in Baghdad in 1970. In 1973 he went to the former Soviet Union, and in 1979 he received an M.A. in pedagogy with a specialisation in foreign languages. In 1984 he was granted a PhD in Philology from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences. For the next five years he was a professor at al-Fatih University in Tripoli, Libya. He has lived in Finland since 1995.

He published his first poem in 1963 and his first collection in 1967. Since then he has published eight collections. The latest, Berew Zerdeper (Towards the Twilight), was published in Sweden in 2001. He has also translated a number of writers and poets into Kurdish, including Walt Whitman and Alexandr Pushkin.

References

International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Jan. 2005

Kurdish literature

Folk literature	Ballads: Beyti Dimdim Heyrans: Esmer u Mamer Lawik Qetar

Gorani	Shaykh Amir Yusuf Zaka Abdi Abdulmu'min Dardin Haji Ali Beg of Tilaku Ilyas Beg Jamaluddin Muhammad Lalo Xusraw Mahzuni Mawlana Farrux Palangi Mawlana Qasim Mawlana Yusuf Dawisai Mawlana Zaynul'abidin Mirza Ibrahim Muhammad Amin Beg Awrami Muhammad Quli Sulayman Mulla Fazlullah Mawlana Hafiz Farhad Mulla Tahir Awramani Mulla Yusuf Nazir Yaski Pashew Riza Beg Sofi Ali Kewnani Shaka Shaykh Hassan Darra-hardi Shaykh Lutfullah Shaykh Mustafa Taxti Umar Najari Ustad Mika'il Uways Beg

1400s & earlier	Eli Herîrî Mela Parêshan Ahmade Bate Mishefa Reş Saranjam

1500s-1600s	El Bagi Jaff Selim Selman Malaye Jaziri Ali Taramakhi Shamsaddin Brifkani Faqi Tayran Yosif Yaska Besarani Ahmad Khani

1700s	Khana Qubadi Muhemmed Kendulayi Pertew Begê Hekarî

1800s	Nureddin Brifkani Mehmûd Bayazîdî Nalî Ahmad Beg Komasi Seyd Yeqûb Mahideshtî Mastoureh Ardalan Mawlawi Tawagozi Serheng Elmasxan Mîrza Sheref Dînewerî Sheyda Hewramí Salim Kurdî Haji Qadirê Koyî Mahwi Ahmad Jalili Sheikh Rezza Talabanî Wefayî Salmi Sneyi Mecdî Hemdûn Edeb Herîq

Contemporary	Pîremêrd Damaw Husênê Mukriyanî Celadet Bedir Khan Erebê Şemo Qani Cigerxwîn Nari Mela Kake Heme Abdulla Goran Osman Sabri Emînê Evdal Qanate Kurdo Qedrîcan Ibrahim Ahmad Dildar Hejar Hemin Mukriyani Ahmad Hardi Jamal Nebez Suwara Ilkhanizada Sherko Bekas Latif Halmat Abdulla Pashew Rafiq Sabir Mehmed Uzun Bachtyar Ali Firat Cewerî Faryad Shiri Mahabad Qaradaghi

official Pashew website www.pashew.com