Tosinê Reşîd

Tosinê Reşîd (also Tosinê Reşît or Tosine Rashid), (1941- ), is a contemporary Kurdish Yazidi writer, poet and playwright. He was born in the village of Koorakand (Kûrekend) in Armenia. He studied physics and chemistry at the Pedagogy Institute and graduated in 1964. After the few years of working as teacher, he continued his studies in 1970 and received his PhD in chemistry in 1975. In the same year, he published his first book titled "Kilamê Rê"(Word of the Way). During the 70s, around 200 of his articles under the name "Kurdish Encyclopaedia" were used in cultural programs of Radio Yerevan.He published his first play based on the well known Kurdish folkloric epic "Siyabend û Xecê" in 1984. In 1993, he left Armenia and settled in Melbourn, Australia.

Books

#Kilamê rê, Collection of Poems I, 1975.
#Zozan, Collection of Poems II, 1983.
#Nîvro, Collection of Poems III, 1987.
#Siyabend û Xecê, Play, 70 pp., Roja Nû Publishers, 1988. ISBN 917672025X
#Şeva bê Xew, Collection of Short Stories, Apec Publishers, Sweden, 2000.
#In Memory of Qanate Kurdo, with Husên Hebeş, Germany, 2000.
#Min Bêriya Şevên Spî Kiriye (I Miss the White Nights), Collection of Short Stories, 256 pp., Avesta Publishers, 2005.

External links

* [http://medlem.spray.se/shujin/antoloji.html Anthology of Kurdish Stories] (in Kurdish).
* [http://www.institutkurde.org/products/details/658/ Min Bêriya Şevên Spî Kiriye] .
* [http://www.avestakurd.net/Avesta%2083/index.htm An Interview with Tosine Rashid] , Avesta Kurd Online Journal (in Kurdish).