Mehmet Tayfun ''alias'' Malmîsanij (born 1952 in

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) is a

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author and linguist. He mostly writes in

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. He often writes under the pseudonym Malmîsanij. He studied at the

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, and was under arrest three times between 1975 and 1981 because of his political activities. In 1982, he moved to

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. He continued his studies in Europe. He studied

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at the

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at the

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and folk education at the

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. He has a master's degree from the

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. After

Ehmedê Xasî Ehmedê Xasî (born in 1866/67 in Lice, Turkey, Lice – died 18 February 1951) was a Kurds, Kurdish literary figure and Mufti. He is best known for his work ''Mewlîdu'n-Nebîyyî'l-Qureyşîyyî'' from 1899 which is considered the first literary ...

and

Osman Efendîyo Babij Osman Efendîyo Babij or Osman Esad (born 1852 in Siverek – died in 1929 in Siverek) was a Kurds, Kurdish religious figure and Mufti of Siverek whose 1903 book ''Mawlûd'' is known to be the second published book in Zaza language, Zaza. Biogra ...

who wrote the first works in Zazaki, in the late 19th and early 20th century, nobody wrote in Zazaki until 1970. Malmîsanij is the first author who started modern Zazaki literature in the 1970s. He published the first Zazaki dictionary in 1987. He and his friends published a magazine, named "Tîrêj", in the 1970s. This magazine was half

and half

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. He has written for several publications, including "Hêvî", "Armanc", "Çar çira", "Çira", "Wan", and "Vate". Some of his works have been translated into English, Arabic, French and Swedish. He is a part of the "Grûba Xebate Ya Vateyî", a group working on unifying the Zazaki language. He also takes part in the standardization of

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Works

* Yüzyılımızın Başlarında Kürt Milliyetçiliği ve Dr. Abdullah Cevdet, Uppsala, 1986 * Ferhengê Dimilkî-Tirkî, Uppsala, 1987; Istanbul, 1992 (Zazaki) * Herakleîtos, Uppsala, 1988, (Zazaki) * Li Kurdistana Bakur û Li Tirkiyê Rojnamegeriya Kurdî (1908-1992), Ankara, 1992 (Malmîsanij & Mahmûd Lewendî) * Folklorê Ma ra Çend Numûney, Uppsala, 1991; Istanbul, 2000 (Zazaki) * Said-i Nursi ve Kürt Sorunu, Stockholm, 1991; Istanbul, 1991 * Abdurrahman Bedirhan Ve İlk Kürt Gazetesi Kürdistan sayı: 17 ve 18, Stockholm, 1992 * Bitlisli Kemal Fevzi ve Kürt Örgütleri İçindeki Yeri, Stockholm, 1993; Istanbul, 1993 * Cızira Botanlı Bedirhaniler ve Bedirhani Ailesi Derneği’nin Tutanakları, Stockholm, 1994; Istanbul, 2000 * Kırd, Kırmanc, Dımıli veya Zaza Kürtleri, Istanbul, 1996 * Ferhengekê Kirdkî-Pehlevkî-Kurmanckî, Stockholm, 1997 (Zazaki) * Kürt Teavün ve Terakki Cemiyeti ve Gazetesi, Stockholm, 1998; Istanbul, 1999 * Kurdiskt författarskap och kurdisk bokutgivning: bakgrund, villkor, betydelse, Stockholm, 1998 * Ji Bo Rastnivîsînê Ferhenga Kurdî (Kurmancî) - Tirkî (2012) * Kurmancca ile Karşılaştırmalı Kırmancca (Zazaca) Dilbilgisi, Vate, Istanbul 2015. (Zazaki & Kurmanci & Turkish) * Ji Bo Rastnivîsînê Ferhenga Kurdî (Kurmancî) - Tirkî ya Nû (2018)

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Biografi, Mehmet Tayfun
1952 births Living people Turkish-language writers Turkish expatriates in Sweden Kurdish-language writers Kurdish academics {{Kurd-writer-stub