Writer, translator, and editor.

He was born in 1964 in the village of Dingilhewa in Licê (Lice), Amed (Diyarbakır). He has been writing since 1996. His pieces and articles have been published in a number of Kurdish and Turkish newspapers and magazines. He has published twenty-three of his works, including nine translations. He has written fourteen books, including four short story collections, a book of poetry, two dictionaries, two grammar books, a compilation of literature, a compilation of folktales, a book of articles, a book of essays, and a book of scholarly research; the rest are books he translated from Turkish and Persian into Kurdish as well as between the different dialects of Kurdish. He has edited and proofread dozens of books in the Zazakî and Kurmanjî dialects of Kurdish published by various publishing houses. Currently, he is a proofreader and editor of Newepel (The New Page), the first newspaper in the Zazakî dialect of Kurdish. He is also the publisher of Şewçila, a literature and art magazine in the Zazakî dialect of Kurdish. In addition, since 2009, he has been the editor of the internet site www.zazaki.net, which publishes mainly in the Zazakî dialect of Kurdish.

Works:

Short story collections:

Binê Dara Valêre de (Beneath the Willow Tree), Apec Editions, 2002 (second edition, Vate Editions, 2002; third edition, Roşna Editions, 2012)

Halîn (The Nest), Komal Editions, 2006 (second edition, Roşna Editions, 2015)

Ez Gule ra Hes Kena (I Love Gulê), Vate Editions, 2007

Tarîyîya Adirî de (In the Dark of the Fire), Roşna Editions, 2012

Poetry:

Dêsan de Sûretê Ma Nimite (Our Semblance Was Left on the Walls), Vate Editions, 2005 (second edition, Roşna Editions, 2013)

Compiled folktales:

Sanikanê Diyarbakirî ra Guldesteyêk, (A Selection of Tales from Diyarbakır), The Institute of Kurdish Heritage Editions, Duhok, 2009

Books on language education:

Ferhengê Îdyomanê Kurdkî (Dictionary of Kurdish Idioms), Vate Editions, 2005

Dersê Ziwanî (Language Lessons), Roşna Editions, 2012

Ferhengê Kurdî (Zazakî)-Tirkî û Tirkî-Kurdî (Zazakî) (Kurdish (Zazaki)-Turkish and Turkish-Kurdish (Zazaki) Dictionary), Roşna Editions, 2013

Ji bo Kurmancan bi Awayê Muqayeseyî: Gramera Kirdkî (Zazakî) (A Comparative Kirmanjki (Zazaki) Grammar for the Kurds Speaking in the Kurmanji Dialects of Kurdish), Roşna Editions, 2013

Compiled literature:

Edebîyatê Kirmanckî ra Nimûneyî, (Examples from the Kirmanjki Literature), The Mardin Artuklu University, The Institute of Living Languages in Turkey Editions, 2012

Book of articles:

Gotin Diçe Nivîs Dimîne (Verba Volant Scripta Manet), Pêrî Editions, 2009

His book of essays:

Sorgu (The Interrogation), The İsmail Beşikçi Foundation Editions, 2015

Scholarly research:

Toplumsal Kürt Gruplarından Zazalar (The Zazas, a Kurdish Social Group), Roşna Editions, 2016

Translations:

Siya Bêdengiyê (The Shadow of Silence), Suzan Samancı, short story, Aram Editions, 2001

Li Bin Dara Bîyê (Beneath the Willow Tree), Roşan Lezgîn, short story, from Zazakî Kurdish into Kurmanjî Kurdish, Elma Editions, 2003

Sê Dilop Xwîn (Three Drops of Blood), Sadegh Hedayet, short story, War Editions, 2004

Cemîlpaşazadeyên Diyarbekirî û Neteweperweriya Kurdî, (The Cemil Pasha Family of Diyarbakır and the Kurdish Nationalism), Malmîsanij, research, Vate Editions, 2008

Nasname – Ziman – Netewe û Neteweperwerî (Identity, Language, Nation and Nationalism), İsmail Beşikçi, articles, Pêrî Editions, 2008

Dêrsim Raywanî û Cografya (Travels in Dêrsim and Its Environs), Andranik, research, translated from the Kurmanji Kurdish into the Zazaki Kurdish, Vate Editions, 2010

Mêrdeyê Şewe (Boogeyman), Berfîn Zenderlioğlu & Mîrza Metîn, theatre play, from the Kurmanji Kurdish into the Zazaki Kurdish, Avesta Editions, 2011

Perwerde de Tetbîqê Ziwanê Dayîke (Mother Tongue-Based Education), articles, DÎSA Editions, 2013

Polîtîkayê Zafziwanîye û Plankerdişê Ziwanî (Multilingualism Policies and Language Planning), articles, DÎSA Editions, 2013

Awards:

Apec Förlag AB-2002 Literature Award for his short story book titled Binê Dara Valêre de (Beneath the Willow Tree)

Second Prize in the 1st Sur Municipality of Diyarbakır Children’s Stories Competition (2004) with his short story titled Serkewtena Zerencan

Contact information:

Email address: rlezgin@hotmail.com

Personal site:

www.zazaki.net