Fawaz Hussain or Fawaz Husên (1953- ), is a contemporary Kurdish writer and translator. He was born in northeastern Syria. He pursued his studies in Sorbonne

Sorbonne

The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...

 from 1978 to 1992, and received PhD in French language and literature in 1988. He is a member of Swedish Writers' Union and French Writers' Syndicate. In addition to Kurdish, he has written several books in French and has translated works of Albert Camus

Albert Camus

Albert Camus was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.Camus was awarded the 1957...

 and Saint–Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...

 into Kurdish.

Books

1. Siwarên êsê, Novel, 111 pp., Welat Publishers, Stockholm, 1994. ISBN 91-972197-0-3
2. Le Fleuve, Short Story in French, Méréalê Publishers, Paris, 1997.
3. Dîroka edebiyata Fransî : sedsala hivdehan û hijdehan, (History of French Literature), 151 pp., Apec Publishers, 1998. ISBN 91-89014-32-4
4. Chroniques boréales. Short story in French, L’Harmattan Publishers, Paris, 2000.
5. Amîdabad, Short story, 106 pp., Avesta Publishers, Istanbul, 2002. ISBN 975-7112-94-1
6. Prof dans une ZEP ordinaire, 285 pp., Paris, 2006. ISBN 2-268-05815-8

7. Les Sables de Mésopotamie, 312 pp. Paris, Rocher Publishers, 2007. ISBN 978-2-268-06144-3
8. En direction du vent, 112 pp. Paris, Non Lieu Publishers, 2010, ISBN 978-2-35270-080-7

Translations

1. Biyanî, Translation of L’Étranger
   The Stranger (novel)
   The Stranger or The Outsider is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1942. Its theme and outlook are often cited as examples of existentialism, though Camus did not consider himself an existentialist; in fact, its content explores various philosophical schools of thought, including absurdism, as...
   
    by Albert Camus
   Albert Camus
   Albert Camus was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.Camus was awarded the 1957...
   
   , Stockholm, Nûdem Publishers, Stockholm, 1995.
2. Mîrzayê Piçûk, Translation of Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
   Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
   Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry , was a French writer, poet and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of France's highest literary awards, and in 1939 was the winner of the U.S. National Book Award...
   
   , Nûdem Publishers, Stockholm, 1995.
3. La Poursuite de l'ombre, Translation of Siya Evînê by Mehmed Uzun
   Mehmed Uzun
   Mehmed Uzun was a contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist. He was born in Siverek, Urfa, Turkey.Although the Kurdish language was outlawed in Turkey from 1920 to 1990, he started to write in his mother tongue. As a writer, he achieved a great deal towards shaping a modern Kurdish literary...
   
   into French, 248 pp., Phébus Publishers, Paris, 1999. ISBN 2-85940-636-0
4. Kurdên Haymanayê, Translation of Les Kurdes de L'Haïmaneh by Georges Perrot into Kurdish, 111 pp., Apec Publishers, Sweden, 2000. ISBN 91-89014-64-2

External links

• Fawaz Hussain, Immigrant Institute, Sweden. (in Swedish)
• Biography of Kurdish Novelists (in Kurdish)