20th-century Kurdish writers

author, writer, journalist

Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1953–2007)

Turkish writer (1920–1992)

Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (, ; 1903 – 22 October 1984) was a Kurdish writer and poet. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Kurdish literature. Many of his poems were later adapted into songs, and his work played an important role in the preservation and development of Kurdish culture and literary heritage.

Turkish politician and physician (1869–1932)

Kurdish poet (1920-1991)

Kurdish-Iraqi novelist and intellectual

Tawfeq Mahmoud Hamza known as Piramerd () (1867 – 19 June 1950) was a Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist. He was born in the Goija neighborhood of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region. In 1926, he became the editor of the Kurdish newspaper Jîyan. He also established a private Kurdish school in Kurdistan, called Pertûkxaney Zanistî (Scientific School).

Iraqi Kurdish poet and political activist (1918–1948)

Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1893–1951)

Syrian writer

Yazidi writer

Kurdish scholar

Kurdish politician and historian (1880–1948)

Turkish statesperson of Kurdish ancestry (1893–1973)

writer, novelist and translator (1914-2000)

Alişer or Alişir Efendî (, ; 1862 at İmranlı, Sivas vilayet - 9 July 1937 at Kafar village, Dersim), was a Kurdish poet, bard, intellectual and leader of Koçgiri tribe who fought against the Ottomans during World War I alongside the Russian Army. He was the organizer of the Koçgiri rebellion and one of the main leaders of the Dersim rebellion.

Turkish writer (born 1934)

Iranian translator (1913-1998)

thumb|Image of Qani Qani (1898-1965) was the pen name of Muhammad Kabuli, a prominent Kurdish poet. He was born in the village of Rîshen, around Mariwan, in Iranian Kurdistan. He lost his parents shortly after his birth.

Kurdish Iranologist

Iraqi poet and writer

Turkish statesperson (1895–1978)

Kurdish-Swedish writer and journalist

Kurdish writer (1906-1964)

Armenian-born Kurdish writer

Iraqi politician

Iraqi Kurdish poet

Kurdish scholar (1907–1984)

Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1905–1993)

Ottoman Zaza religious scholar, poet and poet

Iraqi politician

Kurdish writer and academic

ʿAbd-Allāh Beg b. Aḥmad Beg Bābāmīrī Miṣbāḥ-al-Dīwān or Edeb (, born 1860–1918) was a Kurdish poet whose poetry focused on love including eroticism.

Iraqi Kurdish politician

Kurdish politician, writer and poet (1919-1988)

Qedrîcan or Qedrîcan, Abdulkadir Can (1911–1972) was a Kurdish poet, writer and translator. He was born in Derik, a small town (present-day Mardin Province, south-eastern Turkey). At a time when schooling was the subject of jokes and when few people studied Qedrîcan's father, known as "Cano" (hence the last name) sent him to school. He was a very successful student, especially in the areas of science and mathematics. Seeing that his son was a successful student Cano decided to send his son to Konya to study at the teachers' college there. During his days as a student there Qedrî Can was blackl

Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (born 1954)

Turkish writer (1894–1949)

Kurdish writer

Kurdish scholar (1937–1975)

Kurdish writer and translator from Kurdistan

writer and governor of the Kurdistan province

Iranian writer

Iraqi writer

a Zaza religious figure, composer and writer (1848–1929)