Jalal Malaksha

Jalal Malaksha (Kurdish: جەلال مەلەکشا, 1951 – 31 October 2020)^[1] was a Kurdish poet,^[2] writer, political activist, translator and journalist from Eastern Kurdistan, Iran.

Career

He wrote poetry in Kurdish (Sorani) and Persian, and his poems have been translated into several languages.^[1][3][4] Malaksha is considered one of the important Kurdish poets of the late 20th century in Iran.^[5][6][7] He was born in Malekshan-e Olya, Kurdistan Province, and died in Sanandaj, aged 69. Malaksha was well known during his lifetime. In 2015 a gathering that was planned to be held in commemoration of his works was cancelled by Iranian police in Sanandaj.^[8]