ANTHOLOGY OF KURDISH POETRY IN ENGL

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From: Michael Chyet <mchyet at lionheart.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: ANTHOLOGY OF KURDISH POETRY IN ENGLISH


        ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY KURDISH POETRY IN ENGLISH

        Foreword by Harold Pinter, introduction by Sheri Laizer, edited by 
Estella Schmid, Sheri Laizer and Kamal Mirawdeli, with photographs by Ed Kashi, 
Richard Wayman, Carolyne Austin, Martin Pope, Peter Grant and Mark Campbell.
        A first Anthology of Contemporary Kurdish Poetry in English was 
published on 17 December 1994 by the Kurdistan Solidarity Committe and Yashar 
Ismail with the additional assistance of a grant from the London Arts Board.
        The anthology features poets from all four parts of divided Kurdistan, 
including contributions by well-known poets from Iraqi Kurdistan like Sherko 
Bekas and Rafiq Sabir, and young poets like Rabun Belengaz and Adar Jiyan from 
Kurdistan of Turkey.  Other poets include: Azad Dilzar, Marif Omar Gut, Latif 
Halmat, Mohammed Khaki, Kamal Mirawdeli, Abdullah Pashwer, Farhad Shakely and 
Shahin B. Sorekli.
        The Anthology of Contemporary Kurdish Poetry is available from the 
Kurdistan Solidarity Committee (KSC). Price 3.50 Pounds sterling (+50 p for 
postage) [=$10.00 including postage and handling].
        For further details and copies of the book contact:

Kurdistan Solidarity Committee (KSC)
44 Ainger Road
London
NW3 3AT
tel/fax 071 586 5892

------------------adapted from: KURDISTAN REPORT 20 (Jan-Feb 1995)--------------