Latif Halmat (Kurdish: Letîf Helmet ,لەتیف ھەڵمەت;[1][2] born 1947) is a Kurdish poet. He was born in town of Kifri, Iraq and began writing poems in 1963.[3] He worked as a journalist during the 1970s and 1980s. He has published 20 poetry books in Kurdish and many of his works have been translated into other languages. He has also been active in the area of children's literature and drama.[4]
He has published several collections of poetry including "God and our little city" (1970), "Facing a rebirth" (1973), "The girl's hair is my tent in summer and winter" (1977), "The white storm" (1978), "The letters that my mother does not read" (1979), and "Finished and unfinished poems" (1979). He was one of the vanguards of the new wave of poets who focused on changing the language of poetry and modern literary techniques in the 1970s.[3] His work has been influenced by renowned Arab poets such as Adunis and Maghut.[5]
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Latif Halmat / لهتیف ههڵمهت - شیعری بهرهو سنوورهکان
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- ^ "گومانکردن لە شوناسی شتەکان، لای لەتیف ھەڵمەت / محەمەد کوردۆ" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ Helbestvanê tepeser û hejaran Letîf Helmet (in English and Kurdish). Brussels: Kurdish Institute of Brussels. 1988. OCLC 47168861.
- ^ a b "Helbestvanê tepeser û hejaran, Letîf Helmet (Latif Helmet: Poet of the Dispossessed) (in Kurdish)". Kultur Name. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ "Latif Halmat". Kurdish Aspect. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ "Latif Halmat regards Kifri group as key in the birth of modern Kurdish poetry (in Kurdish)". Wishe. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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