Remembering great Kurdish poet, Sherko Bekas
Art and Literature 10:53 AM - 2022-08-04
Today marks the 9th anniversary of the death of the great and prominent Kurdish poet “Sherko Bekas”.
Sherko Bekas is a prominent contemporary Kurdish poet. He was born on 2 May 1940 in Slemani as a son of the renowned Kurdish poet Fayak Bekas. He joined the Kurdish liberation movement in 1965 and worked in the movement's radio station (the Voice of Kurdistan). He left his homeland due to political pressure from the former Iraqi Baath regime in 1986. From 1987 to 1992 he lived in exile in Sweden. In 1992 he returned to Iraqi Kurdistan.
Literary Works
Sherko Bekas takes a prominent role in modern Kurdish literature. He introduced a new element into Kurdish poetry, called Rûwange (vision), in 1971 which was a break from the strict traditional rules of poetry, such as Rhyme. The poems translated in "The Secret Diary of A Rose" are examples of this style. For the first time, he introduced the "poster poem" (a term originating from sculpture and painting) in 1975 into Kurdish poetry. Most of these poems are short, as small or seemingly trivial objects are conveyed into great mysteries. Everything in these poems is alive. In the beginning, thoughts are often depicted vaguely, the poet rousing the reader's curiosity and fantasy. The poem culminates in a surprising and sometimes shocking climax, in which the mystery of the poem is solved. Literary critics in the Orient called the style of such poster poems As-sahil mumtana' , as "the simple unattainable".
Sherko's works are distinguished around the Globe and have been translated into Arabic, Swedish, Dutch, Italian, French, and English. In 1987, he was awarded the "Tucholsky scholarship" of the Pen club in Stockholm, and in the same year he was awarded the freedom prize of the city of Florence.
A two-volume collection of his poetry works has been published in Kurdish under the title "Sherko Bekas' Diwan" in Sweden. These two 1000-page volumes contain his poetic works in their entirety. He has read his poems in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, United Kingdom, Russia, and Italy, where he was named honorary citizen of Milan. He visited United States in 1990.
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