Jan Dost

Jan Dost

Jan Dost (born March 12, 1965 in Ain al-Arab , Syria ) is a freelance Kurdish journalist and writer. After graduating from high school, he studied biology at the University of Aleppo from 1985 to 1988 , but did not complete his studies. Jan Dost writes in Kurdish and Arabic . His works are published in Lebanon , Syria, Iraq , Turkey and Germany . The author was first known in Germany in 1991 for his heroic poem "Kela Dimdimê" ("The Citadel of Dimdim"). Jan Dost has lived in Germany as a political refugee since June 2000. Jan Dost was naturalized in 2008.

Works

• The Citadel of Dimdim (Kela Dimdimê) , hero poetry, Kurdish, Bonn 1991, Istanbul 1991, Damascus 1995. Istanbul 2011, fourth edition.
• A song for Kurdistan's eyes, (Sazek ji çavên Kurdistan re) , poetry, Arabic and Kurdish, Beirut 1994.
• Badāʿi al-lugha, (بدائع اللغة) Kurdish / Arabic dictionary, Beirut 1997.
• Mijabad , Roman, Kurdish, Diyarbekir 2004. (Translation into Turkish: Belki, Istanbul 2005).
• 3 steps to the execution (3 Gav û 3 Darek) Roman, Kurdish, Avesta. Istanbul 2007. 2nd edition Avesta. Istanbul 2012.
• Mîrname, Roman, Kurdish, Avesta , Istanbul 2008. (Translation into Turkish: Muhsin Kizilkaya, Ithaki, Istanbul 2011).
• Aschīq al-mutardschim, عشيق المترجم Roman. Waraq Verlag, Dubai-United Arab Emirates 2014.
• Dîwana Jan , poetry volume, Semakurd, Dubai 2010.
• Dîwana Jan , Poetry Volume, Avesta, Istanbul 2012.
• Martînê Bextewer Martin the lucky one, Roman, Avesta, Istanbul 2012.
• Nawāqīs Roma, نواقيس روما , the bells of Rome, Roman, Dar Al Saqi, Beirut. 2016
• Kobanî , Roman, Dara Yaynlari. Turkey. 2017
• Bas Akhadar باص أخضر, The Green Bus, Roman, Almutawasset. Milan. Italy. 2018
• Mamar Amin , ممر آمن, The Coridor., Roman, Miskilliani. Tunisia. 2019
• Poems forgotten by the war in the poet's pocket , قصائد نسيتها الحرب في جيب الشاعر, poems, Fadaat Verlag. Amman. Jordan. 2019

Translations

• Mem û Zîn , translation into Arabic, Damascus 1995, 2nd ed. Beirut 1998, 3rd ed., Duhok 2006. 4 ed., Damascus 2008. 5 ed. Cairo 2014.
• Mahabad , translation of a poem by Selim Berekat into Kurdish. Avesta, Istanbul 1996.
• al-Ḥadīqa an-Nāṣiriyya, (الحديقة الناصرية) Translation from Persian into Arabic. Aras, Arbil 2002.
• The Song of Rain, (Sirûda Baranê) translation from Arabic into Kurdish. Avesta, Istanbul 1996.
• Mem û Zîn bi kurdiya îro (Mem and Zin in modern Kurdish language). Avesta. Istanbul 2008.
• Ferhenga Kurdistanî (Kurdistanî`s dictionary. Kurdish / Kurdish). Nûbihar. Istanbul 2010.
• Tefsîra Mem û Zînê (analysis on the text Mem and Zin). Avesta, Istanbul 2010.
• Matāhat al-dschinn متاهة الجن Translation from Kurdish into Arabic. Kalima, Abu Dhabi 2013.
• Ramād An-Nujūm, رماد النجوم Kurdish short story. Maqam Verlag, Cairo 2014.
• Ferhenga Hemîdî Dara Yayinlari. Turkey. 2018
• Dîwana Cizîrî Dara Yayinlari. Turkey. 2018

Plays staged based on his works

• Xewna Şewitî (The Burned Dream) , Turkey (1994–1995)

filming

• Mistek ax (A handful of earth) Director: Shiyar Abdi, Fernuniversität Hagen

Prices

• Kurdish Short Stories Award. Syria 1993
• Prize of the Kurdish poem. Eat. 2012
• Price of the Oriental Book. London 2013
• Golden Prize Hussein Arif. Gelawêj Festival. Sulaymaniya. Kurdistan. 2014