Kurdish literature. Kurdish poets and authors

      Аннотация: Kurdish is heir to a rich and extensive, but now mainly oral, literature extending back into pre-Islamic times. A large portion of the written literature has been lost to over eight centuries of nomadic dislocation into and through Kurdistan, leaving behind only fragments. Although now spoken by a minority of Kurds, Gur?ni is claimant to the oldest extant literary pieces in Kurdish. Pahlaw?ni in general, and particularly Gur?ni and its dialects, once enjoyed an unusual status as the language of high culture and literature. In all dialects of Kurm?nji, Gur?ni now simply means “lyric poetry” or “balladry.” This vernacular, along with its dialect Awr?mani/ Hewr?mi, was in fact, until early modern times the language of polite society and belles lettres in most of Kurdistan, irrespective of the dominant spoken local dialect. The Kurdish princely house of Ardal?n (1198-1867) spoke Gur?ni until its final removal. Not surprisingly, all of the oldest surviving literary pieces in Kurdish are in Pahlaw?ni.

Ключевые слова: Literature, wejeya Kurdi, Poets, Authors, Kurdish