Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî or Shahin Bekir Sorekli or Chahin Baker (born 1946) is a Kurdish

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...

 writer, poet, journalist and translator.

He was born in the village of Mezrê in the Kurdish region of Kobani in Syria

Syria

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. He moved to Australia

Australia

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 from Germany in 1968 and studied at Macquarie University

Macquarie University

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. From 1978 to 2004 he was employed by New South Wales

New South Wales

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 Department of Education and Training. In 1979, he was elected as the head of the first Kurdish association in Australia and managed it for about six years. Between 1982 and 1983, he broadcast a one-hour long Kurdish-English weekly program at 2SER FM Radio in Sydney. He is currently (2007) the Ececutive Producer of the Kurdish Language Program at SBS Special Broadcasting Service

Special Broadcasting Service

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 of Australia. His short stories, articles and poems have been published in many Kurdish newspapers, magazines and websites.

Works

• "Roja Dawîn ji Jiyana Mistê Kurê Salha Temo" (short story, Hêvî Journal, Kurdish Institute of Paris
  Kurdish Institute of Paris
  Kurdish Institute of Paris , founded in February 1983, is an organization focused on Kurdish language and culture. It is one of the main Kurdish academic centers in Europe...
  
  , 1982)
• "Civata Pêxemberan" (short story, Hêvî Journal, 1983)
• "Azadbûna Mehmet Karataş" (short story, 1985)
• Wendabûn (1987)
• translation of The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
  The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
  The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, or: how violence develops and where it can lead is a 1974 novel by Heinrich Böll....
  
   by Heinrich Böll
  Heinrich Böll
  Heinrich Theodor Böll was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.- Biography :...
  
  (1997)
• Em û Pirsa me (collection of articles, 1987)
• Mehkemekirina Selahiddinê Eyûbî (play, 1989)
• Jana Heft Salan (poetry, 1990)
• Namûsa Emo (collection of short stories, 1994)
• Pisîk jî Xewmnan Dibînin (2004)
• Çîrokên 18 Salan (collection of short stories, 2005)
• Veger (2006)

External links

• A Short Biography (in Kurdish).
• KurdishMedia.com: An interview with the Kurdish writer / journalist Shahin Bekir Soreklî.
• KurdishMedia.com: Kurdish media can play a huge role in advancing the Kurdish language and culture.
• The Kurds in Australia, By Shahin Bakir.
• Anthology of Kurdish Writers (in Kurdish).
• Chahin Baker, Kurdish program, SBS Radio.