Arab (or Arap) Shamilov (Kurdish: Erebê Şemo, also Ereb Shemo, Kurdish Cyrillics Ә'рәб Шамилов) was a Yazidi novelist who lived in the Soviet Union. He was born in the city of Kars in present-day nor…
The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist.…
Franz Kafka was a German-speaking writer from Prague whose work became one of the foundations of modern literature, even though he published only a small part of his writing during his lifetime. Born …
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (often referred to as "the wise") was Emperor of the Roman Empire from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered o…
Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. Am…
Aziz Nesin was a Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books. Nesin was born in 1915 on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands of Istanbul, in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After serving as a…
Yaşar Kemal, asıl adı Kemal Sadık Gökçeli. Van Gölü’ne yakın Ernis (bugün Ünseli) köyünden olan ailesinin Birinci Dünya Savaşı’ndaki Rus işgali yüzünden uzun bir göç süreci sonunda yerleştiği Osmaniye…
Bachtyar Ali Muhammed, also spelled as Bakhtiyar Ali or Bakhtyar Ali, (Kurdish: Bextyar Elî -بەختیار عەلی) Ali was born in the city of Slemani (also spelt as Sulaimani or Sulaymaniy), in Iraqi Kurdist…
Jan Dost (جان دۆست) romannivîs, helbestvan, wergêr û nivîskarekî kurd e. Ew di 12'ê adarê sala 1965 an de li bajarê Kobanî hatiye dinyayê. Xwendina xwe heta lîseyê li Kobanî qedandiye. Ji sala 1985 an …
Farhad Pirbal (Sorani Kurdish: فەرھاد پیرباڵ; born 1961)[2] is a Kurdish writer, philosopher, singer, poet, painter and critic. He was born in the city of Erbil (Hawler) in Southern Kurdistan. He stu…
