Alaaddin Sajadi

Alaaddin Sajjadi (1907–1984) (Sorani Kurdish: عەلائەددین سەججادی) was a Kurdish writer, poet and academic. He was born in Iraqi Kurdistan. He finished his religious studies and became a cleric in 1938. He began working in the field of journalism in 1939, and became the Editor-in-Chief of the Kurdish journal Gelawêj in 1941. In 1948, he published a journal in Kurdish and Arabic named Nizar. From 1958–1974, he taught Kurdish literature and history of Kurdish literature at Baghdad University.
Works
- Riştey Mirwarî (A Necklace Of Pearls), Collection of writings, 1957.
 - Mêjûyî Edebiyatî Kurdî (The history of Kurdish Literature), 1952.
 - Şorişî Kurdan û Şorişî Êraq (The Kurdish revolution and the Iraqi revolution).
 - Hemîşe Behar (Always Spring) Short story, 1960.
 - Destûr û ferhengî zimanî kurdî (Grammar and Dictionary of the Kurdish Language), 1961.
 - Edebî kurdî û lêkolînî edebî kurdî (Analysis of the Kurdish Literature), 1986.
 - Kurdewarî, 1974.
 - Deqekanê edebî kurdî (Kurdish Literature Texts), 1978.
 - Nawî Kurdî (Kurdish Names), Ma'arif Press, Baghdad, 1953.
 - Geştêk le Kurdistan (A Journey in Kurdistan).
 - Nirx Şinasî.