Ata Nahai
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Ata Nahai is a well-known Kurdish
Iran
ian novelist and short story writer. He was born in Baneh
in 1960. He was graduated from high school in 1978, receiving a diploma of literature. As to the revolutionary atmosphere of Iran in 1979 and the universities being closed for the coming four years he could not continue his studies. He began his literary career by writing Kurdish short stories and writing essays on the art of fiction. He has published three collection of short stories and three novels in Kurdish as well as translating a number of world short stories and literary essays into Kurdish. In the First Conference on Teaching Kurdish language, held in Tehran
in 2002, he won the first vote of the elections and afterwards became the head of the Kurdish Language Academy in Iran
. In 2005 Ata Nahai was awarded the Aras prize for Kurdish literature
. He was also awarded the Ahmad Hardi
Prize for Creativity in Sulaymaniyah
in 2008.
, Naji Publishers, 1993.
- Tengane (Dillema), a collection of short stories in kurdish, Baneh, the writer's, 1995.
- Gulli Shoran (Shoran Flower), a novel in Kurdish, Saghez, Mohamadi publishers, 1998.
- Ballendekani dem Ba (Birds Blowing with the Wind), a novel in Kurdish, Sanandaj
, Jiyar publishers, 2002.
- Grewi Bakhti Hallale (Bet on Halala's Fate), a novel in Kurdish, Sulaymaniah, Ranj Publishers, 2007.
's Shazde Ehtejad into Kurdish. He has also translated Milan Kundera
's 'the Kafkaesque World' into Kurdish as well as a number of other short stories by famous world writers.
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian novelist and short story writer. He was born in Baneh
Baneh
Baneh is a city in and capital of Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 69,635, in 15,857 families....
in 1960. He was graduated from high school in 1978, receiving a diploma of literature. As to the revolutionary atmosphere of Iran in 1979 and the universities being closed for the coming four years he could not continue his studies. He began his literary career by writing Kurdish short stories and writing essays on the art of fiction. He has published three collection of short stories and three novels in Kurdish as well as translating a number of world short stories and literary essays into Kurdish. In the First Conference on Teaching Kurdish language, held in Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
in 2002, he won the first vote of the elections and afterwards became the head of the Kurdish Language Academy in Iran
Kurdish Language Academy in Iran
- Establishment :Kurdish Language Academy in Iran was established in Tehran in 2002 when the First Conference on Kurdish Language Teaching was held in 2002. More than 150 Iranian Kurdish writers, academicians, linguists and journalists participated in this conference and a dozen of articles on the...
. In 2005 Ata Nahai was awarded the Aras prize for Kurdish literature
Kurdish literature
Kurdish literature refers to literature written in Kurdish language. Literary Kurdish works have been written in one of the three main dialects of Gorani, Kurmanji and Sorani. Ali Hariri is one of the first well-known poets who wrote in Kurdish...
. He was also awarded the Ahmad Hardi
Ahmad Hardi
Ahmad Hardi was a prominent Kurdish poet.He was born into an intellectual family in Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan. He possessed a deep knowledge of classical Kurdish, Arabic and Persian poetry and has had an enduring influence on the modern Kurdish poetry...
Prize for Creativity in Sulaymaniyah
Sulaymaniyah
Sulaymaniyah is a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq. It is the capital of Sulaymaniyah Governorate. Sulaymaniyah is surrounded by the Azmar Range, Goizja Range and the Qaiwan Range in the north east, Baranan Mountain in the south and the Tasluje Hills in the west. The city has a semi-arid climate with...
in 2008.
Works
- Zrike (The Scream), a collection of short stories in kurdish, BanehBaneh
Baneh is a city in and capital of Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 69,635, in 15,857 families....
, Naji Publishers, 1993.
- Tengane (Dillema), a collection of short stories in kurdish, Baneh, the writer's, 1995.
- Gulli Shoran (Shoran Flower), a novel in Kurdish, Saghez, Mohamadi publishers, 1998.
- Ballendekani dem Ba (Birds Blowing with the Wind), a novel in Kurdish, Sanandaj
Sanandaj
Sanandaj , also Romanized as Senneh and Sinneh) is a city in and the capital of Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 311,446, in 81,380 families....
, Jiyar publishers, 2002.
- Grewi Bakhti Hallale (Bet on Halala's Fate), a novel in Kurdish, Sulaymaniah, Ranj Publishers, 2007.
Translations
Nahai has translated Houshang GolshiriHoushang Golshiri
Houshang Golshiri was an Iranian fiction writer, critic and editor. He was one of the first Iranian writers to use modern literary techniques, and is recognized as one of the most influential writers of Persian prose of the twentieth century.-Early life:...
's Shazde Ehtejad into Kurdish. He has also translated Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera , born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981. He is best known as the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, and The Joke. Kundera has written in...
's 'the Kafkaesque World' into Kurdish as well as a number of other short stories by famous world writers.
External links
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