Rafiq Sabir (Kurdish: Refîq Sabîr; born in 1950) is a contemporary Kurdish poet.
He was born in Qaladzê in Iraqi Kurdistan. In 1974, he received Bachelor of Arts degree from Baghdad University.[1] He moved to Sweden in 1989. He writes in the sorani dialect. He belongs to the post-Abdulla Goran generation of modernists in Kurdish poetry.
Works
[edit]- Karwansara, 146 pp., Uppsala, 1990.
- Towards history : a short ideological historical study, 129 pp., Uppsala, 1991.
- Werze berdine, 39 pp., Uppsala 1992.
- Awêne û sêber : Komele honrawe, 88 pp., Arzan Publishers, Jönköping, 1996. ISBN 91-972767-1-5.
- Impiratoryayî lam : derbarey îslam, xêl û nasyonalîzm, 230 pp., Rabûn Publishers, Uppsala, 1998. ISBN 91-972767-8-2.
- Rûnbûnewe : honrawe, 111 pp., Rabûn Publishers, Uppsala, 2001. ISBN 91-973528-1-0.
References
[edit]- ^ Langer, Jennifer (2005). The Silver Throat of the Moon: Writing in Exile. Five Leaves Publications. p. 322. ISBN 978-0907123651.
External links
[edit]- Rafiq Sabir, Immigrant-institutet (in Swedish)