Helîm Yûsiv

Helîm Yûsiv (Amûdê, 1967) is a Syrian Kurdish writer and lawyer. He studied laws at the University of Aleppo and has published in Lebanon, Turkey and Germany. He writes in both Kurdish and Arabic languages.

Helîm Yûsiv
Helîm Yûsiv (2013)
Born	1967 Amûdê, Syria
Occupation	Writer, Lawyer
Language	Kurdish language, Arabic language
Nationality	Syrian
Education	University of Aleppo
Genre	Fiction
Years active	1990s–present

Works (translated titles)

• The Pregnant Man (1991, Arabic, Damascus; 1997, Kurdish, Istanbul; 2004, German, Münster)
• The Woman Upstairs (1995, Arabic, Beirut; 1998, Kurdish, Istanbul)
• The Dead Do Not Sleep (1996, Kurdish, Istanbul)
• Sobarto (1999, Kurdish, Arabic, Beirut)
• Mem Without Zin (2003, Kurdish, Istanbul)
• Toothless Fear (2006, Kurdish, Istanbul)

External links

• (in German)DNB