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Zeynelabidîn Zinar (born 1953) is a Kurdish writer and researcher. [1] He was born in the village of Hedhedk in the district of Beşiri in 1953. He has been one of the main figures in the area of Kurdish folklore. Moreover, he has changed many classical Kurdish texts from Arabic script to the Kurdish Latin-based script. Between 1986 and 2006, he has published around seventy books in the Kurdish language. [2] His main work is a ten volume book on the Kurdish folklore and oral traditions, called Xwençe. It took him twelve years to complete this work, and its twelve volumes were published between 1989-1997 in Sweden. [3]

Works

Kurdish Folklore

  1. Xwençe, Vol.I, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1989, 278 pages, ISBN  91-86146-30-0 [4]
  2. Xwençe, Vol. II, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1990, 288 pages, ISBN  91-86146-35-1
  3. Xwençe, Vol III, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1991, 297 pages, ISBN  91-86146-39-4
  4. Xwençe, Vol. IV, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1990, 262 pages, ISBN  91-630-0764-9
  5. Xwençe, Vol. V, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1991, 293 pages, ISBN  91-630-0762-2
  6. Xwençe, Vol. VI, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1993, 266 pages, ISBN  91-630-1689-3
  7. Xwençe, Vol.VII, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1994, 280 pages, ISBN  91-972090-1-5
  8. Xwençe, Vol.VIII, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1995, 288 pages, ISBN  91-972090-7-4
  9. Xwençe, Vol.IX, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1996, 290 pages, ISBN  91-972779-0-8
  10. Xwençe, Vol. X, Kurdî/kurmancî, folklore, Pencînar Kurdish Culture Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1997, 268 pages, ISBN  91-972779-3-2

Other works

  1. Nimûne Ji Gencîneya Çanda Qedexekirî (Samples of the Treasures of a Banned Culture). Stockholm, Sweden: Navnişana xwestinê, Yekîtiya Nivîskarên Kurd. 1991. OCLC  31608082.
  2. Siyabend û Xecê, Folklore-Biography, Sverige/Stockholm, 1992, 160 pages, ISBN  91-630-1222-7
  3. Bingeha Çîroka Kurdî (Foundations of the Kurdish Story), Kurdî/kurmancî, Sverige/Stockholm, 12/2000, 134 pages, ISBN  91-89491-12-2

References

  1. ^ Suleiman, Yasir (1996). Language and identity in the Middle East and North Africa. Psychology Press. p. 162. ISBN  978-0-7007-0410-1. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. ^ Zinar, Zeynelabidin. Accessed October 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Zinar, Zeynelabidin (2003). Kurdish folktales collected by Z. Zinar, Zeynelabidin Zinar. ISBN  9789189491496.
  4. ^ "Zeynelabidin Zinar". Swedish Immigrant Institute.