Review of Salim Barakat’s Sages of darkness

Necat Keskin

doi:10.21600/ijoks.1737748

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Selim Barakat'ın Sages of Darkness (Karanlığın Bilgeleri) adlı eserinin incelenmesi

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Sages of Darkness is consiedered one of Barakat’s great work and by translating it into English Aviva Butt introducing him –and also a sight of Kurdish life in the late Ottoman period- to English readers. Barakat is no stranger to readers of Kurdish literature or even Turkish literature in Turkey, as his novels and poems have been translated into Kurdish and Turkish, including the book Sage of Darkness (Feqiyên Tariyê), which is the subject of this article and was translated into Kurdish by Jana Seyda and published by Avesta in 2013.

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Review of Salim Barakat’s Sages of darkness

Abstract

Sages of Darkness is consiedered one of Barakat’s great work and by translating it into English Aviva Butt introducing him –and also a sight of Kurdish life in the late Ottoman period- to English readers. Barakat is no stranger to readers of Kurdish literature or even Turkish literature in Turkey, as his novels and poems have been translated into Kurdish and Turkish, including the book Sage of Darkness (Feqiyên Tariyê), which is the subject of this article and was translated into Kurdish by Jana Seyda and published by Avesta in 2013.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Kurdish Language, Literature and Culture

Journal Section

Book Review

Authors

Necat Keskin ^*
0000-0003-0884-1309
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 21, 2025

Submission Date

July 8, 2025

Acceptance Date

July 23, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 11 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.1737748

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA97EN24MF

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Keskin, N. (2025). Review of Salim Barakat’s Sages of darkness. International Journal of Kurdish Studies, 11(2), 683-687. https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.1737748