Sener Ozmen, The Competition of Unfinished Stories. Translated by Nicholas Glastonbury. Sandorf Passage, 2025. 240 pages. At the next meeting of the Kurdish Book Club, we’ll be discussing The Competition
by Dastan Galali Whenever someone discusses the art of translation into the Kurdish language, Aziz Gardi (1947 – 2022) comes to mind. As the most prominent Kurdish translator, his name
Merheba gelî xwînerên ezîz û hêja, Em wek komeke xemxurên zimên, bi armanca belavkirina xwendina kurdî, li ser navê Pirtûkzade dest bi projeyeke online dikin. Em dixwazin ji edebiyata cihanê
Ava Homa, Daughters of Smoke and Fire: A Novel. Overlook Press, 2020. Daughters of Smoke and Fire was one of the first novels written in English by a Kurdish woman.
The Smell of Wet Bricks by Chiya Parvizpur (Transnational Press London, 2024). The Book Club discussed this novel on September 3. The author was present for our discussion. The author,
Hiner Saleem, My Father’s Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan. Translated by Catherine Temerson. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004. Originally published in French as Le Fusil de mon père.
Ebru Ojen, Lojman, translated from Turkish by Aron Aji and Selin Gökcesu. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2023. The Kurdish Book Club discussed Lojman on June 4, 2024. The co-translator
On a day in January 2024, speaking via Zoom from his office in Erbil, Muhammad Fatih told the NYCCC that Kurdistan must do a better job of preserving its written
“Whispering Walls” by Choman Hardi Choman Hardi, Whispering Walls (Afsana Press, 2023). In the tense weeks leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, three siblings—two in London, one in
Burhan Sönmez Book Talk, April 16, 2024 On April 16, the NYKCC had the honor of hosting Burhan Sönmez, president of PEN International and a distinguished Kurdish author originally from
