Malak Jân Nemati
Poet, Deceased Person
1906 – 1993
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Who was Malak Jân Nemati?
Malak Jân Nemati was born in 1906 in Jeyhounabad, a village in Iranian Kurdistan. Also known as Sheikh Jâni and Saint Jani, she was a charismatic figure and a mystical writer and poet in Kurdish and Persian language. She was the daughter of Hajj Nematollah and the sister of Ostad Elahi. There are few written sources about her life. Some elements can be found in the words of her brother Ostad Elahi whom she was very close to. A biography in French was published on the occasion of the centennial of her birth, including the translation of some of her poems and sayings.
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- Born
- Dec 11, 1906
Jeyhounabad - Parents
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 15, 1993
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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