Shami Kermashani (,
), also known as Shamurad Mushtaq (1927–November 23, 1984), was a famous Kurdish poet from the city of
Kermanshah
Kermanshah is a city in the Central District (Kermanshah County), Central District of Kermanshah province, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is from Tehran in the western pa ...
,
Iran
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, also known as Iranian Kurdistan. He has composed most of his poems in
Southern Kurdish
Southern Kurdish () is one of the dialects of the Kurdish language, spoken predominantly in northeastern Iraq and western Iran. The Southern Kurdish-speaking region spans from Khanaqin in Iraq to Dehloran southward and Asadabad eastward in ...
dialect. He became blind at the age of four because of
smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by Variola virus (often called Smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus '' Orthopoxvirus''. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (W ...
.
References
Kirmashan website: literature
1927 births
1984 deaths
20th-century Iranian poets
Kurdish poets
People from Kermanshah
Iranian blind poets
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