Heciyê Cindî
Heciyê Cindî (Armenian: Հաջիե Ջնդի Ջաուարի; March 18, 1908 – May 1, 1990) was a Kurdish[1] linguist and researcher from Armenia.
Cindî was born into a
Leninakan, Armenia
.
During 1929–30, Cindî taught in the villages of
Alexander Fadeyev
's help and support, he was able to resume his literary work.
In 1940, Cindî received his
Armenian Academy of Sciences, where he headed the Kurdology
section for the next eight years.
In 1940 and 1952 his book Kurdish Fairy Tales was published in Armenian, in 1959 in Kurdish (Һ’ьк’йа̄тед щьмаә’тә к’ӧрдие).
From 1968 to 1974, Cindî taught Kurdish literature and language at the Oriental Faculty of the
University of Yerevan. He wrote and translated many books, among them 15 books on folklore and literature, 33 textbooks for schools, 19 translations and 7 books in pedagogy
.
See also
Books
- Kurmanji Folklore, with Emînê Evdal, 1936.
- Hikayetên Civata Kurdan (Kurdish Social Stories), Yerevan, 1959. (Re-published by Apec, 112 pp., Sweden, 1996. ISBN 91-87730-94-4 [1])
- Mesele û Xeberokên Cimeta Kurda (Proverbs of the Kurdish Society), 800 pp., 1985.
- Hewarî, Novel, 422 pp., Roja Nû Publishers, Stockholm, 1999. ISBN 91-7672-045-4
References
External links
- Heciyê Cindî and his works, By Eskerê Boyîk (in Kurdish).
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