Rojen Barnas is a contemporary Kurdish

Kurdish people

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 poet and writer. He was born in the Diyarbakır

Diyarbakır

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 region in south-eastern Turkey

Turkey

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. He became active in Kurdish politics in the 1970s. He has made his home in Sweden

Sweden

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 since 1981. He started publishing a Kurdish magazine called Tîrêj in the 70's. He has also published articles in other Kurdish journals such as Hêvî and Nûdem. Rojen Barnas is his pen name

Pen name

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and his real name is Mehmet Gemici.http://www.immi.se/kultur/authors/kurder/gemici.htm

Works

1. In the early dawn (Li bandeva spêde), Izmir, 1980.
2. The moon in the sky of Diyarbakir (Heyv li esmanê Diyarbekirê), 119 pp., 1984. ISBN 91-85242-69-1.
3. The kingdom of love (Milkê Evînê), 81 pp., Nûdem Publishers, Stockholm, 1995. ISBN 91-88592-14-6.
4. Then (Hingê), 83 pp., Nûdem Publishers, Stockholm, 1997. (short stories)