Ahmad Hardi

Ahmad Hardi (Kurdish: Ehmed Herdî‎; 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a prominent Kurdish poet.

He was born into an intellectual family in Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan. He possessed a deep knowledge of classical Kurdish, Arabic and Persian poetry and has had an enduring influence on the modern Kurdish poetry. He was a leading figure in the Kurdish liberation movement.[1] After the Algiers Accord, he moved to Iran in 1975 and later to U.K. in 1993. His daughter Choman Hardi is a well known Kurdish poet,[2] and his son Asos Hardi is a prominent journalist in Iraqi Kurdistan and founder of Hawlati and Awena independent newspapers. His first collection of poems was first published in 1957 and has been re-published several times since then.

Books
  • The Secret of Solitude, 1957

References
  1. Sheyholislami, Jaffer (June 7, 2011). Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 201. ISBN 9780230119307.
  2. Astley, Humphrey (12 November 2015). "Poets perform for literature lovers at Woodstock Poetry Festival". The Oxford Times. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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