Farhad Pirbal
Farhad Pirbal (kurmanji Kurdish: Ferhad Pîrbal; born 20 August 1961) is a Kurdish writer, singer, poet, painter and critic.
Farhad Pirbal

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- Name
- Farhad Pirbal
- Born
- 20 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Slemani, Kurdistan Region
- Education
- University of Sorbonne (Doctorate)
- Spouse
- * Tarza Jaff (divorced)
- Nationality
- Iraq
- Occupation
- poet · essayist
- Languages
- Arabic · Kurdish
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Farhad Pirbal (kurmanji Kurdish: Ferhad Pîrbal; born 20 August 1961) is a Kurdish writer, singer, poet, painter and critic.
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Farhad Pirbal (born 1961) is an essayist and poet and a national of Iraq. The essayist was born in Erbil. Farhad Pirbal studied at University of Paris. Languages used include Arabic and Kurdish.
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• Honorific Prefix — Doctor • Name — Farhad Pirbal • Native Name — دکتۆر فەرھاد پیرباڵ • Born — 20 August 1961 • Birthplace — Slemani, Kurdistan Region • Education — University of Sorbonne (Doctorate) • Children — 2 • Spouse — * Tarza Jaff (divorced) • Alla Dlshad (divorced)
Career
Career
He was born in the city of Erbil (Hawler) in Southern Kurdistan. He studied Kurdish language and literature in the University of Sulaymaniyah. In 1986, he left Kurdistan to Denmark, Germany, and finally settling in France. He continued his studies in University of Sorbonne in the field of Kurdish literature. After going back to Southern Kurdistan, in 1994, he established the Sharafkhan Badlisi cultural center. Several of his works have been translated into Spanish and English by Jiyar Homer.
Fiction
Fiction
• Mal awa, ey Wilatekem (Goodbye, My Country), Play, 1998. • Heşîşkêşekan (The Weed Smokers), Play, 2000 • Petatexorekan (The Potato Eaters), Stories, 2000. • Mûlazim Tehsîn û Şity Tirîş (Lieutenant Tahsin and Other Things), 2001. • Santyago Dî Kompostêla (Santiago de Compostela), Novel, 2002. • Mindalbaz (Pedophile), Novel, 2003. • Piyawêky Şepqereşy Paltoreşy Pelawşîn (A Man with a Black Hat and Black Pants and Blue Shies), Novel, 2003. • Hikayetekanî Bawkim (My Dad's Stories), Novel, 2007. • Hotêl Ewrûpa (Hotel Europe), Novel, 2010. • Ew Pyawey Tenya Le Xewda Dinyay Pê Ciwan Bû (The Man that Only Seen World as Beautiful in His Dreams), Play, 2010. • Hewt Wêney Rûtî Jinî Cenabî Wezîr (Seven Nude Pictures of Sir Minister's Wife), Novel, 2016. • Zêrî Naw Zibil (Gold in Trash), Novel. • Zar û Marekan. • Re'îş Remezanekan. • Çîm Dî? (What Did I See?). • Ew Kitêbaney Jiyanyan Gorîm (The Books that Changed My Life). • Qebrêkî Sêgoşe (A Triangular Grave), Novel, 2017. • Kurdistan the Political Capital of Middle East.
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
• Illustration — Pirbal speaks in Kurdish language about French language. • Încîl le Mêjûy Edebiyatî Kûrd (Bible in the History of Kurdish Literature), (1857–1957). • Serçawekanî Kurdnasî (Sources of Kurdology), Research, 1998. • Destpêkî Serheldanî Pexşanî Kurdî (The Beginning of the Kurdish Prose), Research, 1999. • Jeneral Şerîf Paşa (General Sharif Pasha), Biography, 2001. • Kronolocyay Kûrdistan (Kurdish Chronology). • Ebdulrehîm Rehmî Hekarî (Abdulrahim Rahmi Hakary), Biography, 2002. • Rêbaze Edebiyêkan (Literalic Movements), 2004. • Wêney Kûrd le Erşîfî Rojhelatnasekanda (The Picture of Kurds in the Orientalists’ Archives), Research, 2005.
Identity
Identity
Farhad Pirbal is recorded with the occupation essayist. Recorded as a citizen of Iraq.

فەرهاد پیرباڵ
Kushared (Mohammed Serdar)

پۆرترەیتی فەرهاد پیرباڵ
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1961
Farhad Pirbal was born on 1 January 1961.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3666601: Farhad Pirbal
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- “Farhad Pirbal”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Aram Salih. پڕۆژەی ١٠٠ دیداری بڵاونەکراوە. یەکێتیی نووسەرانی کورد/لقی سلێمانی. بەشی یەکەم. 45. 2012.
- 2.FARHAD PIRBAL, on caesuramag.org, Jan 15, 2021 Written By Pshtewan Kamal Babakir and David Shook.
- 3.A Poet Among Potato Eaters: An Introduction to Farhad Pirbal, poetryfoundation, By David Shook, Originally Published: April 22nd, 2020.
- 4.Corporation, Nalia. "یەکەمین ڕۆمانی ھاوچەرخی ئەمریکای لاتین بە کوردی بڵاوکرایەوە". nrttv.com. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
- 5.کوردیپێدیا, Kurdipedia-. Kurdistan - The Political Capital of the Meddle East. Kurdipedia.org.
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