Jiyar Homer

Jiyar Homer
Born (1996-05-05) May 5, 1996 (age 30)
Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region
OccupationTranslator
Writing career
LanguageKurdish, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Persian
Years active2014 - present
Notable worksEl pozo (Juan Carlos Onetti)
The Potato Eaters (Farhad Pirbal)
My Father's Dogs and the Compound (Sherzad Hassan)
Websitewww.jiyarhomer.com

Jiyar Homer (born May 5, 1996) is a Kurdish literary translator and writer from Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. He is primarily known for his literary translations to and from the Kurdish language. He is a member of the Kashkul Center at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani and the Kurdish PEN Center in Germany. He serves as the editor-in-chief of Ilian Magazine. Homer translates to and from Kurdish mostly from Spanish, Portuguese, English, Arabic, and Persian. His translations have been published in across 30 countries in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia.

Translation

Homer has translated Kurdish literature into Persian, English and Spanish. He has translated works of Kurdish writers from all four parts of Kurdistan for magazines, newspapers, and publishing houses in 30 countries around the world.

Homer has focused heavily on translating Latin American literature into the Kurdish language, translating the works of numerous authors including Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, Juan Rulfo, Octavio Paz, Ernesto Sabato, Carlos Fuentes, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Pablo Neruda.

Books

Translations from Spanish into Kurdish

Translations from Kurdish into Spanish

  • Refugiado número 33333 (Refugee Number 33333), Farhad Pirbal, Gato Negro Publishing House in Mexico.

Translations from Kurdish into English

Writing and journalism

From 2017 to 2018, he served as the editor-in-chief of Cine-Na magazine. From 2021 to 2022, spanning four seasons, he was the head of the Sorani department for Temaşe magazine, based in Northern Kurdistan. Additionally, he has been the editor-in-chief of Ilian magazine since 2017.

In 2021, he was the translation reviewer for the English publication of classical poet Nali's poetry and served as a proofreader for a joint poetry anthology by the UNESCO Cities of Literature, Sulaymaniyah and Manchester.

Awards and nominations

In the spring of 2022, the short story The Lion from Farhad Pirbal's collection The Potato Eaters, translated by Jiyar Homer and Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse, was published in issue 26 of Your Impossible Voice magazine. In 2023, the translation was announced as a nominee for the Best Literary Translation of the Year in the United States.

References

  1. ↑ "Como la maza de los héroes. Siete poemas del jeque Reza Talabani • Periódico de Poesía". Periódico de Poesía (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Three Poems by Rebin Kheder". Literary Hub. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Poesía kurda: "Cuando mi corazón murió» , 5 poemas de Jila Hosseini". gAZeta (in Spanish). 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  4. ↑ "Gaceta Parnasus 2023 by GACETA PARNASUS - Issuu". issuu.com. 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  5. ↑ KJP (2022-05-16). "The Lion by Farhad Pirbal, translated by Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse and Jiyar Homer | Your Impossible Voice #26". Your Impossible Voice. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  6. ↑ Rahimi, Dilawar (2023-07-01). "شاعیری ناو پەتاتەخۆرەکان: ناساندنی فەرھاد پیرباڵ". Jineftin. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
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  12. ↑ "Four Poems from Kurdistan, by Kawan Nahaee". World Literature Today. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  13. ↑ "Poesía kurda: Sherko Bekas". Circulo de Poesía (in Mexican Spanish). 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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  18. ↑ Urbina, Elí (2023-03-29). "Nazand Begikhani | Amar – Santa Rabia Poetry". Santa Rabia Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  19. ↑ Corporation, Nalia. "یەکەمین ڕۆمانی ھاوچەرخی ئەمریکای لاتین بە کوردی بڵاوکرایەوە". nrttv.com. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
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  22. ↑ Passes, Pipa (2021-11-19). "Una voz de las mujeres de Kurdistán: 7 poemas de Choman Hardi چۆمان ھەردی". Buenos Aires Poetry (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-18.[dead link]
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  24. ↑ "Poesía kurda: Abdulla Pashew". Circulo de Poesía (in Mexican Spanish). 2022-08-28. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
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  26. ↑ Pirbal, Farhad (2024-07-09). The Potato Eaters: Stories. Translated by Levinson-Labrosse, Alana Marie; Homer, Jiyar. Deep Vellum Publishing.
  27. ↑ Hassan, Sherzad (2023-07-05). "El azrael". La Tempestad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  30. ↑ Cine-Na, Magazine. "سینەنا Cine-Na" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 2023-06-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ↑ "Kovara Temaşe – 4 – Kovara Temaşe". 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  32. ↑ "Alastor". www.alastorliterario.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  33. ↑ Corporation, Nalia. "ھۆنراوەکانی نالی وەردەگێڕدرێت بۆ سەر زمانی ئینگلیزی". nrttv.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  34. ↑ Staff, Editorial (2021-10-01). "English translation of classical Kurdish poet Nali published in English". Kurd Net - Ekurd.net Daily News. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  35. ↑ Flynn, Jo (2021-09-29). "'My Body Is Not Yours' e-anthology of translated poetry launched by Manchester and Slemani Cities of Literature". Manchester City of Literature. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  36. ↑ KJP (2022-05-17). "Your Impossible Voice #26". Your Impossible Voice. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  37. ↑ KJP (2022-11-18). "Your Impossible Voice Best Literary Translations Nominations". Your Impossible Voice. Retrieved 2023-06-21.