Farhad Pirbal, Creative in Writing, Disobedient to Society

Farhad Pirbal is a Kurdish writer, researcher, poet, playwright, singer, university professor, artist, and painter from South part of Kurdistan.

He was born in 1961 in Erbil.

He graduated from Suleimani University in 1984.

He joined the Union of Mountain Writers.

He published his first book, a play entitled "Bye, My Country" within the Union of Mountain Writers.

He went to Iran to avoid military service in the Iraqi regime and stayed there for eight months. He then went to Germany and then to Denmark, where he stayed for two years. On a scholarship from the Kurdish Institute of Paris, he continued his education and studied the history of modern Kurdish literature at Sorbonne University and received a Doctorate.

Farhad Pirbal returned to Kurdistan in October 1994 after completing his doctorate and was appointed to Salaheddin University in the same year.

When he was in Denmark and Germany, Pirbal worked as a literary department editor, reporter, and editorial board member for many magazines such as Kharmana and Nodem in Stockholm, Yekgirtin and Darwaza in Denmark, Hiwa in Paris, and many others.

After returning to Kurdistan in 1994, he was in charge of the pages of the Kurdistan New newspaper. He was editor-in-chief of the "Magazine of Translation" published by the Ministry of Culture. He also participated as a writer or editor in many other magazines and publications, the most prominent of which is the magazine "Weran" published in Erbil.

Works of Farhad Pirbal

Stories and novels

Potato Eaters (Story Collection)

Mullazm Tahsin and more (novel)

Seven Nude Photos of Mr. Minister's Wife (Novel)

Santiago de Compostela (novel)

The Pedophile (novel)

A Man in a Black Coat and Hat and Blue Shoes (Novel)

Hotel Europe (Story)

My Father's Stories (Novel)

A Triangular Tomb (novel)

The chief of the Ramadans