Novelist (b. 1953, Siverek / Şanlıurfa – d. 11 October 2007, Diyarbakır). He has been living in Sweden since 1977. He became known as a multilingual and multicultural writer with his work in Turkish, Kurdish and Swedish. He has been a member of the board of the Writers Union of Sweden for many years. He is also working actively at the Sweden PEN Club and the International PEN Club. He is a member of the Swedish and World Journalists Association He has written six books in Kurdish and his novels have been translated into many languages, mainly into Turkish. His essays have been published in various reviews and newspapers in nearly twenty languages. He was put on trial because of his novel Aşk Gibi Aydınlık Ölüm Gibi Karanlık (Light as Love, Dark as Death) and his essay book Nar Çiçekleri (Pomegranate Flowers) published in Turkish but was acquitted. He won the Turkish Publishers Association - Freedom of Thought Award in 2001. He has written in Kurdish and his works have been translated into Turkish.

WORKS:

ESSAY: Nar Çiçekleri (Pomegranate Flowers), Dengbejlerim (My Kurdish Minstrel).

NOVEL: Aşk Gibi Aydınlık Ölüm Gibi Karanlık (Light as Love, Dark as Death), Yitik Bir Aşkın Gölgesinde (Under the Shadow of a Lost Love), Kader Kuyusu (Well of Fate), Dicle'nin Yakarışı (Scream of the Tigris, translated by Muhsin Kızılkaya, 2002), Dicle'nin Sürgünleri (Exiles of the Tigris, 2003), Dicle’nin Sesi (Voice of the Tigris, 2004, in two volumes with “Scream of the Tigris” and “Voice of the Tigris”), Yaşlı Rind’in Ölümü (Death of Old Rind, 2004).

STUDY-RESEARCH: Kürt Edebiya–tına Giriş (Introduction to Kurdish Literature), Bir Dil Yaratmak (Creating a Language).

ANTHOLOGY: Kürt Edebiyatı Antolojisi (Anthology of Kurdish Literature, 2004).

REFERENCE: Umay Umay / Bir Dilin Romanı (Virgül, sayı: 17, Mart 1999), Hayri Kako Yetik / Bir Aşk ve Ölüm Destanı (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 16.3.2000), Turhan Günay / Bu Hafta - Metin Kaçan / Yapıtına Yüreğini Koymuş Bir Yazar: Mehmed Uzun - Tufan Erbarıştıran / ‘Yazı’ Ustasından ‘Söz’ Ustaları - Adnan Özer / Zor Bir Teklif. Mehmet Uzun - A. Ömer Türkeş / Kürt Dili İçin Bir Tarih (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 8.8.2002), İhsan Yılmaz / Kürtçe Edebiyatın İlk Önemli İsimlerinden Mehmet Uzun (Hürriyet-Cumartesi, 31.5.2003), Şeyhmus Diken / Sadece Dicle’nin Hawarı mı? (Virgül, sayı: 52, Haziran 2002) - Zincirlenmiş Zamanlarda Sözün Kıymeti (Virgül, sayı: 60, Mart 2003), Tufan Erbarıştıran / Varlık Kitap (Kasım 2004), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2. bas. 2009, c. 9 ve c. 11) - İhsan Işık / Diyarbakır Ansiklopedisi (2013).

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