Refugee 33,333: Selected Poems
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Refugee 33,333: Selected Poems
By (Author) Farhad Pirbal
Translated by Shook
Translated by Pshtiwan Babakr
Deep Vellum Publishing
Deep Vellum Publishing
16th October 2024
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards)
891.5971
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 152mm, Height 228mm
Description
A collection of poetry from acclaimed yet underrepresented Kurdish poet Farhad Pirbal. Like his contemporary Abdulla Pashew, this poetry is a chronicle of exile and displacement, longing and not belonging. Poetry is in turns wistful and disoriented, reflecting his role as dissident and persecuted prisoner."Pote maudit" of Kurdistan, Pirbal is known as well for his highly publicized antics as for his prolific literary output. Pirbal, born in 1961, "may be the greatest innovator of Kurdish literature in the twentieth century, in both poetry and prose" (Shook, Poetry Foundation).
Author Bio
Farhad Pirbal is a Kurdish writer, philosopher, singer, poet, painter and critic. He was born in the city of Erbil in Southern Kurdistan. He studied Kurdish language and literature in the University of Salahadin in Hewlr. In 1986, he left Kurdistan to France, where 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.
