Jila Hosseini

Jila (Zhila) Hosseini (1964–1996), poet,[1] writer, researcher and radio announcer, was born on September 22, 1964, in Saqqez, Iran and was the first Kurdish woman to compose modern poems instead of classical poetry.[2][3]

Jila Hosseini
Native name
ژیلا حسینی
BornSeptember 22, 1964
Saqqez, Iran
DiedSeptember 27, 1996(1996-09-27) (aged 32)
Tehran, Iran
Resting placeDozaghara Cemetery, Saqqez
OccupationPoet, writer
Children3

Short biography

Jila was born in Saqqez in Iran. She had a supporting family and Sheikh Abdul Qadir, her father's grandfather, was a calligrapher and poet. Zhila's father, Sheikh Mehran Hosseini, was a judge of justice and an intellectual. She was born into a traditional culture with cumbersome rules and liked to change those old traditions. Under the situation that all educational Centers including universities and Schools were closed caused by Iranian Cultural Revolution, She got married at a young age but her tendency towards modernity influenced her private life and she divorced once. At the age of 32 while going to visit the great poet of Kurdistan, Sherko Bekas, she died in a car accident.[4] After the death of Zhila, Sherko Bekas composed a poem for her:

I dreamed of a fairy angel
I have seen it myself
Jila is now among the clouds
She is sitting on a purple chair
And writes poetry
She is wearing a moonlit skirt

Poems

New Kurdish poetry began its evolution several decades ago and naturally progressed to the advanced stages in Kurdish language literature.[5] Zhila's poems in Kurdish literature helped to open new windows in modern poem.[6] She was the first Kurdish woman poet to compose modern Kurdish poems.[7] She was a pioneer in composing poetry in a modern style among female poets in Kurdistan. She was inspired by Sherko Bekas. There were two different stages in the evolution of her poems. First she didn't has her own language and style but in the second stage she found her own style of composing poems.[8]

‌Books

Some of Jila's poems are published as follows:

  • Poetry book (Kurdish) گه شه ی ئه وین (The joy of love), first edition of Sanandaj, 1995.[9][10]
  • Poetry book (Kurdish) قه‌لای راز (Secret Castle), first edition of Tehran, 1998. This book was published in three parts.[11][12]
Part 1: Zhila's remaining Kurdish poems
Part 2: A selection of her Kurdish short stories
Part 3: The Persian poems of Zhila (she had chosen the title of Rain for this collection)

References
  1. Bozarslan, Hamit; Gunes, Cengiz; Yadirgi, Veli (2021). The Cambridge History of the Kurds. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-58301-5.
  2. Biography of Kurdish poets: Jila Hosseini, Voice of Kurdish-American Radio for Democracy, Peace, and Freedom, 2010
  3. Biography of Kurdish poets Jila Hosseini, Sher e Nab, 2017
  4. Mirina rojê, The Kurdish digital library, 2006
  5. The beginning of modern Kurdish poetry and the evolution of its forms‌, Marefat Anvar, Gotar Publication, Saqqez, 2016
  6. The World of Kurdish Women's Novels, Hashem Ahmadzadeh, journal article, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 719-738 (20 pages), Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 2008
  7. Kurdistan's Poem Avangardha Website, translated by Khaled Baizidi Dalir, 2015
  8. Kurdish Modern poem Conference in Sanandaj IRNA News Agancy, 2016
  9. The Joy of Love, Zhyar Publications, Tehran, 1995
  10. The Joy of Love Vejin Books Website، Ketab Online
  11. Secret Castle Poem Book, Borekeei Publications, Tehran, 1999
  12. Secret Casle Poem Book Vejin Books, Ketab Online
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