Piramerd
Pîremêrd | |
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پیرەمێرد | |
| Born | Tawfeq Mahmoud Hamza 1867 |
| Died | 19 June 1950 (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Mameyare Hill in Sulaymaniyah |
| Nationality | Kurd |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, writer, journalist |
| Known for | Jîn Newspaper, Nawroz poem (look: Newroz as celebrated by Kurds) |
| Notes | |
Tawfeq Mahmoud Hamza known as Piramerd (Kurdish: پیرەمێرد, romanized: Pîremêrd) (1867 – 19 June 1950) was a Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist. He was born in the Goija neighborhood of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region. In 1926, he became the editor of the Kurdish newspaper Jîyan. He also established a private Kurdish school in Kurdistan, called Pertûkxaney Zanistî (Scientific School).