Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan (born 1935), is a
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
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* Kurd (dis ...
writer. He was born in
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır (; ; ; ) is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, ...
in south-eastern
Turkey
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. He moved to Sweden as political asylum seeker in 1978, and he has been living in Uppsala Sweden since then. The most famous of his early works was ''Alfabê'' which was the first ABC-Book for
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
learning that was published in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
in 1968. The books were impounded immediately by a
Turkish court. Emin was arrested and jailed under separatism charges. He was released after a while but jailed again in another occasion under military regime from spring 1971 to summer of 1974. He moved to
Sweden
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as political asylum seeker in 1978, and he has been living in
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
, Sweden since then.
Works
Books
#Alfabê, Istanbul, 64 pp., 1968.
#Meselokên lawiran. - Borås : Invandrarförlaget, 1981.
#Meyro : çîrok. - Borås : Invandrarförl., 79 pp., , 1981.
#Mîr zoro, Borås : Invandrarförl., 80 pp., 1981.
#Gurê bilûrvan, Borås : Invandrarförl., 71 pp., ,1982.
#Kêz Xatûn, Borås : Invandrarförl., 79 pp., ,1982.
#Serketina miskan, Uppsala : Studieförl., 85 pp., ,1984.
#Pepûk, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 70 pp., ,1985.
#Melayê meshûr, Uppsala: Deng Publishers, 85 pp., ,1986.
#Serefa ristem keya : pirtûka kurteçîrokan, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 123 pp.,,1992.
#Kemal Paşa weledê kê ye? : meselokên sîyasî, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 89 pp., ,1993.
#Çirokên gelî. 1 : Gulî xatûn, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 88 pp., , 1997.
#Çirokên gelî. 2 : Kurê mîrê masîyan, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 120 pp., , 1998.
Edits
#Jîn : kovara Kurdî-Tirkî : 1918-1919,(Jîn: Kurdish/Turkish Journal), Changing from Arabic script to Latin script by M. Emîn Bozarslan, Uppsala: Deng Publishers, 5 volumes, 1985-1988.
#Kurdistan : rojnama Kurdî ya pêsîn : 1898-1902,(Kurdistan: The first Kurdish newspaper), Changing from Arabic script to Latin script by M. Emîn Bozarslan. - Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 2 volumes, 1991.
#Mem û Zîn of
Ehmedê Xanî
Ehmedê Xanî ( ku, ئەهمەدێ خانی , Ehmedê Xanî; 1650, Hakkari – 1707, Bayazid), was a Kurdish intellectual, scholar, mystic and poet who is considered the founder of Kurdish nationalism. He was born in the Hakkâri region in ...
, Changing from Arabic script to Latin script by M. Emîn Bozarslan, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 703 pp., ,1995.
Folklore
#Pêkenokên gelî. vol. 1 : Masîyên bejî, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 64 pp., , 1987.
#Pêkenokên gelî. vol. 2 : Ji dînan dîntir, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 64 pp., , 1988.
#Pêkenokên gelî. vol. 3 : Ilmê tûrik, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 79 pp., , 1989.
#Pêkenokên gelî. vol. 4 : Bûka Gulsûn, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 85 pp., , 1990.
#Pêkenokên gelî. vol. 5 : Mela Kulî, Uppsala : Deng Publishers, 93 pp., , 1991.
Articles
#On the role of myth in Kurdish literature : presented at the International Writers' Reunion in Lahti, Finland, June 15-19, 1981. - Lahti : International Writers' Reunion.
References
Bozarslan (from Kurdish Academy of Language KAL) Anna Albertano, Un appello per la cultura curda di Mehmed Emin Bozarsla
(in Italian)
1935 births
Living people
Kurdish-language writers
Turkish emigrants to Sweden
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