Ahmad Hardi ( ku, Ehmed Herdî; 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a prominent

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poet. He was born into an intellectual family in

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. He possessed a deep knowledge of classical Kurdish, Arabic and Persian poetry and has had an enduring influence on the modern Kurdish poetry. He was a leading figure in the Kurdish liberation movement. After the Algiers Accord, he moved to Iran in 1975 and later to

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in 1993. His daughter Choman Hardi is a well known Kurdish poet, and his son

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is a prominent journalist in Iraqi Kurdistan and founder of ''

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'' and '' Awena'' independent newspapers. His first collection of poems was first published in 1957 and has been re-published several times since then.

Books

* ''The Secret of Solitude'', 1957

References

External links

The Passing of a Kurdish Icon – Ahmad Hardi
Oct.29, 2006.
Ahmad Hardi
International Journal of Kurdish Studies, January 2005.
About Choman Hardi
Kathleen McDermot.

A poem by Ahmad Hardi, translated by Dr. Kamal Mirawdeli.
Ahmed Hardi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hardi, Ahmad 1922 births 2006 deaths Kurdish poets 20th-century Iraqi poets People from Sulaymaniyah Iraqi Kurdish people Kurdish journalists Kurdish nationalists Iraqi politicians Iraqi expatriates in Iran Iraqi journalists 21st-century Iraqi poets Iraqi expatriates in the United Kingdom