Emînê Evdal (b. in 1906 in Yamançayir,

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– 1964), was a

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writer, linguist and poet who was based in

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. He was born into a

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family in the village of Yamançayir near

which at the time was under

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control. His village was destroyed during the

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where he lost both his parents and his brother. In 1924, he attended the workers' school in

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, and in 1926 he began teaching in the Kurdish villages near Mount Elegez (

Alagyaz Alagyaz ( hy, Ալագյազ; ku, Elegez, until 1938, Mets Dzhamshlu, Bol'shoy Dzhamushli, Dzhamushlu Bol'shoy, Dzhamushli, Mets Jamyshlu, and Mets Jamshlu) is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Most of the population are Yazidis a ...

). In 1931, he entered the

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department of University of

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, and began working in the Kurdish newspaper ''

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'' around the same period. He published his first book on the

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in 1933. From 1933 to 1937, he published several textbooks on Kurdish language education. He received his PhD in Kurdology in 1944 and his thesis was entitled ''Kurdish woman in traditional family: An analysis based on study of folklore and nation''. After graduation, he worked in the Kurdology field at the Armenian Institute of History, and he was hired by the Department of Oriental Studies, Armenian Academy of Sciences in 1959. He was awarded the title of ''Best Retired Teacher'' by the

Parliament of Armenia The National Assembly of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also infor ...

in 1960. In addition to Kurdish, he published many research articles and books in

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and

. He also contributed to

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, and his first collection of short stories titled ''Casim û Tosin'' was published in 1924. The Kurdish school in the village of Qundesaz, where he taught for many years, has been named after him by the Armenia's government and his statue has been erected at the entrance of the school.

Books

Books of Evdal: #Casim û Tosin, koma çîrokên kurt, 1924. #Kitêba Zimanê Kurmancî Bona Koma Çara, 1933. #Kitêba zimanê Kurmancî Bona Koma Pênca, 1934. #Bihar, Collection of Poems, 1935. #Kitêba Zimanê Kurmancî Bona Dersxana Çara, 1936. #Mêtodîka Hînkirina Xwendin û Nivîsandinê, 1936. #Folklora Kurmanca, 1936, (with Hecîyê Cindî). #Mêtodîka Zimanê Kurmancî, 1937. #Kitêba Zimanê Kurmancî, Bona Dersxana Şeşa, 1937, (with Casimê Celîl). #Tolhildana Xûnê Li Nav Kurdada û Dewî Anîna Bermayên Wê Li Ermenistana Sovêtê, 1952. #Deba kurdên Ermenistana Sovêtê, 1953. #Gulîzer, 1956. (in

). #Patronîma cem kurdên Ermenistanê di sedsala 19 da, 1957. #Deba kurdên Pişkovkazê, 1957. #Çîrokên gelê kurd, 1957. (in Armenian). #Ferhenga Kurdîyê rastnivîsaryê, 1958.

References

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