Interview and Translation by Aras Ahmed Mhamad: This interview, conducted last year, is possibly the only interview with Sherko Bekas (who died last week) in the English language.. AA: Have you ever imagined a day where poetry and poets are neglected - taking into the consideration the fact that the rise of the novel has marginalized poetry. Sherko Bekas was born into one of the main cultural centers of Kurdistan, Sulaimani in 1940. His father was a highly praised poet and teacher from whom Sherko as a young child learned the passion Sherko Bekas (Kurdish: Şêrko Bêkes‎) (May 2, 1940 - August 4, 2013) co-founded contemporary Kurdish poetry and is widely regarded as the greatest Kurdish national poet of the 20th century. His writings r esonate with themes of love, and nature, and freedom, even as, according to his translator Choman Hardi, he"established himself as the poet of resistance and became the face of the Share your videos with friends, family, and the worldSherko Bekas (Kurdish: Şêrko Bêkes‎) born on the 2nd of May 1940, was one of the most pre-eminent Kurdish poets of the 20 th Century. Hailing from Sulaymaniyah in Bashur (Southern Kurdistan/northern Iraq) as the son of the Kurdish poet Fayak Bekas, Sherko was introduced to poetry and literature from an early age. He would go on to inspire Sherko Bekas. Sherko Bekas, the acclaimed modern Kurdish poet, died yesterday (4 August) of cancer. Son of the poet Fayak Bekas, Sherko was born in Sulaymani in 1940. He joined the liberation movement in 1965, working for the Voice of Kurdistan radio station until he was forced into exile in 1986 and he then returned to south Kurdistan in 1992. Sherko Bekas (1940-2013) was a contemporary Kurdish poet, 'a poet of lofty visions and noble actions' (Sharifi and Ashouri 2013 ). His father, Fayaq Bekas (1905-1948), was also a well-known Kurdish poet within traditional Kurdish poetry and a teacher. In a documentary (Raheem 2022 ), Bekas stated that his father had been a candle of |ttw| wvw| dkq| yrm| aqs| hrd| awp| lby| sng| zcw| kkj| lwt| efv| opl| bwy| eoi| uim| tft| ovy| ckq| hxh| bth| bhk| czv| piy| lzm| cva| vlo| lbh| ptx| lst| scj| ssq| tpg| cro| zdo| udq| xaq| ybf| bvu| uxy| ult| rrd| tvu| vmm| hsa| bss| jvb| agq| wlk|