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Kurdish literatures

Kurdish literatures run from the classical poetry of Ehmedê Xanî and the Baban school to the modern novel.

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Faculty of Kurdish Studies
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  1. Amir Sharifi, Zuzan Barwari (2020). The Oral Tradition of Dengbêjî : A Kurdish Genre of Verbal Art and Reported Speech. Kurdish Art and Identity. DOI 10.1515/9783110599626-007
  2. Memet Metin BARLIK, Nevzat AĞÇAKAYA (2023). Âşık ve Dengbêj İcralarında Dinleyici Rolü (Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz). Kurdiyat. DOI 10.55118/kurdiyat.1377751
  3. Jon E. Bullock (2023). Kurdish Music as Literature: Some Historical Considerations. Essays on Modern Kurdish Literature. DOI 10.1515/9783110634686-007
  4. Verstraete, Pieter (2019). "Acting" under Turkey’s State of Emergency: A Conversation with Kurdish Artists about Theatre, the Dengbêj Tradition, and the First Kurdish Hamlet. Performance Matters. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.8024537
  5. Serwe Fatahi, Narges Jaberinasab, Ahmad Khatami (2022). Pastoral Literature in Oral Kurdish Literature: A Case Study of Khavmirabad District of Mariwan. پژوهشنامه ادبیات کردی. DOI 10.34785/j013.2022.987

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01Fields

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  • Classical poetry
  • Sorani letters and the Baban school
  • The modern novel
  • Women writers
  • Literature in exile

02Classification

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OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.26.2OECD
ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013)0232UNESCO Institute for Statistics

03Courses

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06Related service subsites

  • Heritage

    History from the Zagros to today, memory, faiths, arts, literature and food.

  • Research

    Kurdish studies: the observatory, reading lists and new research.

07More in this department

  • Open

    Kurdish oral tradition

    Dengbêj singers carry epic, lament and song in the Kurdish oral tradition.

    1 course4 fields

  • Open

    Kurdish music

    Kurdish music includes the maqam, the tanbur and the daf, and song traditions of every region.

    1 course4 fields

  • Open

    Kurdish dance

    Govend and the other Kurdish dances are danced in lines and circles at weddings and festivals.

    1 course3 fields

  • Open

    Kurdish cinema

    Kurdish cinema has grown in four states and in exile, often in several languages.

    1 course4 fields

  • Open

    Kurdish crafts and dress

    Kurdish crafts include kilims, carpets, dress and embroidery, each with regional styles.

    1 course3 fields

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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Kurdish Literatures.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-literature/.

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08Research and sources

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  1. The Oral Tradition of Dengbêjî : A Kurdish Genre of Verbal Art and Reported Speech

    Amir Sharifi, Zuzan Barwari · 2020 · Kurdish Art and Identity

    ChapterCrossref

  2. Âşık ve Dengbêj İcralarında Dinleyici Rolü (Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz)

    Memet Metin BARLIK, Nevzat AĞÇAKAYA · 2023 · Kurdiyat

    ArticleCrossrefZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  3. Kurdish Music as Literature: Some Historical Considerations

    Jon E. Bullock · 2023 · Essays on Modern Kurdish Literature

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIRE

  4. "Acting" under Turkey’s State of Emergency: A Conversation with Kurdish Artists about Theatre, the Dengbêj Tradition, and the First Kurdish Hamlet

    Verstraete, Pieter · 2019 · Performance Matters

    ArticleOpenAlexZenodoOpen accesspublic-domain

  5. Pastoral Literature in Oral Kurdish Literature: A Case Study of Khavmirabad District of Mariwan

    Serwe Fatahi, Narges Jaberinasab, Ahmad Khatami · 2022 · پژوهشنامه ادبیات کردی

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  6. After decades spent gathering Kurdish literature and cultural artifacts for an “exile museum,” one man’s life’s work is under threat.

    2026 · Kurdish Exile Museum

    ArticleKurdish Exile Museum

  7. Heritageization of Kurdish Oral Traditions

    Joanna Bocheńska · 2025 · Springer eBooks

    OtherOpenAlexOpen access

  8. Roots and Routes: Kurdish Literature as World Literature

    Zhila Gholami · 2021 · Griffith University

    OtherDataCite

  9. Sherko Bekas and the Emergence of Postnational Kurdish Literature

    Marouf Cabi · 2023 · Essays on Modern Kurdish Literature

    ChapterCrossrefOpenAIRE

  10. JÎYANA JINÊN DENGBÊJ JI ALÎYÊ ZAYENDA CIVAKÎ VE

    Leyla Kaplan · 2026 · Dicle Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

    ArticleCrossref

  11. A Study of Maternal Lullabies in Kurdish Literature by Kalhor

    nahid hemati · 2025 · Biannual Journal of the Kurdish Language & Literature Studies

    ArticleDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  12. From Dengbêj to Modern Writer: Heritagization of the Kurdish Oral Tradition and Revitalization of the Kurdish Language in the Works of Mehmed Uzun and Mehmet Dicle

    Joanna Bocheńska · 2022 · Iranian Studies

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

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