Najiba Ahmad (born 1954) (Kurdish language:نهجیبە ئهحمهد, Necîbe Ehmed; pronounced ) is a contemporary Kurdish people writer, poet, and translator
Life and career
Ahmad was born in northern city of
Kirkuk in 1954. She studied
Kurdish language and literature at the University of
Sulaimaniya and worked as a teacher for many years before joining the Kurdish liberation movement. At the time when she began writing poetry, she was the only female Kurdish literary figure.
["Ahmad, Najiba" The International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1/2, 2004, p. 167]
Along with a handful of female Kurdish poets and writers, including Kajal Ahmad (b. 1967) and Mahabad Qadragi (b. 1966), she is regarded as making a significant contribution to the development of Kurdish literature.[Maisel, S. (ed), The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society, ABC-CLIO, 2018, p. 171]
Work
She has published three volumes of her short stories and of her poetry and her work is also included in anthologies such as
An Anthology of Modern Kurdish Literature [Naderi, L., An Anthology of Modern Kurdish Literature, Erbil, Iraq, University of Kurdistan, 2011] She has also translated poetry from Arabic and Persian to Kurdish and written literary articles, novels, short stories, drama, and literary works for children.
Selected publications
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Spring Weeping, Tabriz, Iran, 1994.
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Rasan (short stories) Tabriz, Iran, 1994.
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History of the Apple-tree, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1998.
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The Butterflies of Death (short stories), Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan 1998.
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A Deer Created of Water, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2005
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Resurrection of Pear Buds, Hawler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2005
See also
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Iraqi art
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List of Iraqi artists
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List of Iraqi women artists
