Yildiz Çakar
Yildiz Çakar, born in Diyarbakır (Amed) in 1978, is an important poet and novelist of modern Kurdish literature. She has published ten books to date. Her poetry collection “Mohra Reş“ was published in 2024, and the title poem was adapted into the digital theatre project Lockedown Locked In, which won the Best Original Screenplay award at the Athens International Art Film Festival. Çakar's poetry explores themes of death and exile. The power of her work lies in its expressive depth rather than in conventional form and meter. Her poetic style and imagery are deeply rooted in traditional and oral historical sources, forming a distinctive literary language that is uniquely her own.
