Namo Aziz
Namo Aziz (* 1958 ) is a Kurdish author and essayist of Iraqi origin living in Germany .
With his German debut No Way Home (1991) after fleeing his homeland, Aziz described “the pain and dream of the Kurds”. This was followed in 1992 by the collection of essays, Fremd in einer Kalten Land (1992). In his publication Kurdistan and the problems around Öcalan (1999) on the minority issue in Turkey, a contribution by Abdullah Öcalan himself appeared.
In 1991, Aziz received his doctorate from Bonn University on the subject of Badr Shakir as-Sayyab and its importance for the new Arabic poetry .
bibliography
- No Way Home (1991), ISBN 3451040743
- Strange in a Cold Land (1992)
- Kurdistan - People, History, Culture (1992), ISBN 3922619207
- My Kurdistan (1995), ISBN 3922619401
- Kurdistan and the problems surrounding Öcalan, Knowledge Edition (1999), ISBN 3932871952
Web links
- Literature by and about Namo Aziz in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aziz, Namo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kurdish journalist and essayist of Iraqi origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |