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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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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
Asos Hardi ASOS or Asos may refer to: * Asos, a village in Greece * ASOS (retailer), a UK online fashion store * Association Sportive Oussou Saka, a Beninese football team * Automated Surface Observing System, a type of weather station * Air Support Operatio ...
is a prominent journalist in Iraqi Kurdistan and founder of ''
Hawlati ''Hawlati'' (Kurdish for "citizen") is an independent Kurdish newspaper, published in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan and London. Tariq Fatih is the owner of the paper. ''Hawlati'' is a biweekly newspaper issued by Ranj Publishing House, publishe ...
'' 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


See also

*
Nalî Nalî ( ku, نالی), also known as Mallah Xidir Ehmed Şawaysî Mîkayalî ( ku, مەلا خدر (خضر) کوڕی ئەحمەدی شاوەیسی ئاڵی بەگی میکایلی)Keith Hitchins, "NALÎ" in Encyclaopedia Iranica (1800 Shahrizor - ...
*
Mahwi Mahwi ( ku, مەحوی ''Mehwî''; full name: مەلا موحەمەد کوڕی عوسمان بەڵخی ''Mala Mohammed Osman Ballkhi'') (1830-1906) was one of the most prominent classical Kurdish poets and sufis from Kurdistan of Iraq. He studie ...
*
Piramerd Tawfeq Mahmoud Hamza or Piramerd ( ku, پیرەمێرد) (1867 – 19 June 1950) was a Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist. He was born in the ''Goija'' neighborhood of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region. In 1926, he became the editor of t ...
* Abdulla Goran * Sherko Bekas


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