20th-century Kurdish male writers

author, writer, journalist

Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1953–2007)

Turkish writer (1920–1992)

Turkish politician and physician (1869–1932)

Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (, ; 1903 – 22 October 1984) was a Kurdish writer and poet. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Kurdish literature. Many of his poems were later adapted into songs, and his work played an important role in the preservation and development of Kurdish culture and literary heritage.

Tawfeq Mahmoud Hamza known as Piramerd () (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).

Kurdish poet (1920-1991)

Kurdish-Iraqi novelist and intellectual

Iraqi Kurdish poet and political activist (1918–1948)

Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (1893–1951)

Syrian writer

Yazidi writer

Kurdish scholar

Kurdish politician and historian (1880–1948)

writer, novelist and translator (1914-2000)

Turkish statesperson of Kurdish ancestry (1893–1973)

Turkish writer (born 1934)

Alişer or Alişir Efendî (, ; 1862 at İmranlı, Sivas vilayet - 9 July 1937 at Kafar village, Dersim), was a Kurdish poet, bard, intellectual and leader of Koçgiri tribe who fought against the Ottomans during World War I alongside the Russian Army. He was the organizer of the Koçgiri rebellion and one of the main leaders of the Dersim rebellion.

Turkish statesperson (1895–1978)

Armenian-born Kurdish writer

Kurdish writer (1906-1964)

Kurdish-Swedish writer and journalist

Kurdish Iranologist

Iraqi politician

Iraqi Kurdish poet

Kurdish scholar (1907–1984)

Iraqi politician

Turkish writer (1894–1949)

Kurdish writer and academic

Iraqi Kurdish politician

Turkish writer of Kurdish ancestry (born 1954)

Kurdish writer and translator from Kurdistan

Iranian writer

writer and governor of the Kurdistan province

Iraqi writer

Kurdish writer