List of Kurdish scholars
The following is a list of people who have contributed to the Kurdish literature. This list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Kurdish writers and poets from Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Russia, and European countries.
8th century – 9th century
11th century
- Ali Hariri, Kurdish poet
12th century
- Ali ibn al-Athir, Kurdish/Islamic historian, born in Jazira region
- Fakhraddin, Yezidi saint, philosopher, poet and scholar
- Saladin
13th century
14th century
- Mala Pareshan
- Abu'l Fida Kurdish, the crater Abulfeda on the Moon is named after him
- Masud ibn Namdar
- Al-Shahrazuri
- Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi
15th century
- Mela Hesenê Bateyî,, Kurdish poet and Muslim cleric, Hakkari region
- Idris Bitlisi
16th century
- Malaye Jaziri,, Kurdish poet and Sufi
- Sherefxan Bidlisi, historian and poet, author of Sharafnama
17th century
- Faqi Tayran,, poet, author of Sheik San'an and Battle of DimDim
- Ali Taramakhi,, linguist and writer
- Mustafa Besarani,, Kurdish poet
- Ahmad Khani, Kurdish writer, poet, astronomer and philosopher, author of Mem û Zîn
18th century
- Khana Qubadi,, Kurdish poet, author of Şîrîn û Xesrew
- Mahmud Bayazidi, Kurdish writer, translator and historian
- Nalî, Kurdish mathematician poet
- Khâlid-i Baghdâdî
19th century
- Mastoura Ardalan, Kurdish poet and historiographer
- Mawlawi Tawagozi, Kurdish poet and Sufi
- Haji Qadir Koyi, Kurdish poet
- Mahwi, Kurdish poet and Sufi
- Sheikh Rezza Talabani, Kurdish, Iraq
- Wafaei, Kurdish poet, Iran
- Edeb, Kurdish poet, Iran
- Piramerd, Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Mulla Effendi, Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer, and politician
- Said Nursi, Kurdish Islamic philosopher, Turkey
- Hajj Nematollah, mystic and poet
- Zewar, writer and poet
20th and 21st century
- Muhamed Amin Zaki, writer, historian and politician, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Taufiq Wahby, writer and linguist, Iraq
- Celadet Bedir Khan,, linguist, journalist and politician, founder of the Latin-based Kurdish alphabet
- Nuri Barzinji, poet, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Arab Shamilov, Kurdish writer and novelist, Armenia
- Rafiq Hilmi, Kurdish writer, literary analyst and politician, Iraq
- Cigerxwîn,, Kurdish poet and writer, Turkey/Syria
- Abdulla Goran, Kurdish poet
- Osman Sabri, Kurdish poet, writer and journalist, Turkey/Syria
- Emînê Evdal, Kurdish writer and linguist, Armenia
- Alaaddin Sajadi, Kurdish writer, poet and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Nado Makhmudov, Kurdish writer and public figure, Armenia
- Hecîyê Cindî, Kurdish writer, linguist and researcher, Armenia
- Qanate Kurdo, Kurdish writer, linguist and academic, Russia
- Qedrîcan, Kurdish poet and writer, Turkey/Syria
- Ibrahim Ahmad, Kurdish writer, novelist and translator, Iraqi Kurdistan/England
- Dildar,,, Kurdish poet, Iraq
- Hejar,, Kurdish poet, writer, translator and linguist, Iran
- Hemin Mukriyani,, Kurdish journalist and poet, Iran
- Ahmad Hardi, Kurdish poet, Iraqi Kurdistan/UK
- Karim Hisami, Kurdish writer, Iran/Iraq/Sweden
- Muhamad Salih Dilan, One of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry
- Shamil Asgarov, poet, researcher on the history and culture of the Kurds in Azerbaijan, translator
- Mahmud Baksi, Kurdish writer and journalist, Sweden
- Rauf Hassan, Kurdish writer and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Rojen Barnas, Kurdish poet and writer, Sweden
- Azad Zal, Kurdish poet, writer, journalist, translator and linguist, Kurdistan
- Abdulla Pashew, contemporary Kurdish poet
- Şahînê Bekirê Soreklî, Kurdish writer, poet and translator, Australia
- Reşo Zîlan, Kurdish writer, translator and linguist, Sweden
- Latif Halmat, Kurdish poet, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Keça Kurd, poet, writer and linguist, Germany
- Cankurd, Kurdish writer and poet, Germany
- Têmûrê Xelîl, translator and journalist, Sweden
- Rafiq Sabir, Kurdish poet, Sweden
- Farhad Shakely, poet, writer and academic, Sweden
- Khalil Rashow, Kurdish writer and academic, Germany
- Pîr Xidir Silêman, Kurdish writer, teacher and parliamentarian, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Mehmed Uzun, writer and novelist, Turkey/Sweden
- Jalal Barzanji, writer, poet and journalist, Canada
- Fawaz Hussain, writer and translator, France
- Zeynelabidin Zinar, Kurdish writer, researcher and specialist in Kurdish folklore, Sweden
- Yekta Uzunoglu, Kurdish writer, translator and entrepreneur, Czech Republic/Germany
- Najiba Ahmad, Kurdish writer and poet, Iraq/Iran
- Perwîz Cîhanî, Kurdish writer, poet and novelist, Switzerland
- Hesenê Metê, Kurdish writer, novelist and translator, Sweden
- Mustafa Aydogan, Writer, novelist and translator, Sweden
- Firat Cewerî, Kurdish writer, translator and journalist, Sweden
- Serdar Roşan, writer, poet and translator, Sweden
- Ata Nahai, writer and novelist, Iran
- Farhad Pirbal, Kurdish writer and academic, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Nazand Begikhani, Kurdish writer, poet and researcher, UK
- Mahabad Qaradaghi, Kurdish writer, poet and translator, Sweden
- Kaziwa Salih, Kurdish writer and researcher, Canada.
- Kajal Ahmad, Kurdish poet, writer and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Choman Hardi, Kurdish poet, researcher and painter, UK
- Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish writer and journalist, Sweden
- Zeki Majed Kurdish poet and film director, Bulgaria