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Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State is a book edited by Orsola Casagrande and Mustafa Gündoğdu published in 2023 by Comma Press. The work is an anthology of short stories by thirteen contemporary Kurdish writers, envisioning a possible Kurdish future in 2046, the 100 year anniversary of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad. The book has been described as the first anthology of Kurdish science fiction and as a collection of futuristic fiction.
Structure The work opens with an introduction by book editors Orsola Casagrande, Mustafa Gündoğdu, followed by the stories:
Waiting for the Leapard by Sema Kaygusuz; translated from the Turkish by Nicholos Glastonbury. The wishing star by Jîl Şwanî. Friends beyond the mountains by Ava Homa. My Handsome One by Selahattin Demirtaş (author); translated from the Turkish by Amy Spangler. The letter by Nariman Evdike; translated from the Kurmanji by Rojin Shekh-Hamo. The story must continue by Muharrem Erbey; translated from the Turkish by Andrew Penny. I have seen many houses in my time by Karzan Kardozi. Arzela by Meral Şimşek; translated from the Turkish by Andrew Penny. The last hope by Qadir Agid; translated from the Kurmanji by Kate Ferguson and Dibar Çelik The snuffed-out candle by Jahangir Mahmoudveysi; translated from the Sorani by Darya Najim and Khazan Jangiz. Cleaners of the world by Hüseyin Karabey; translated from the Turkish by Mustafa Gündoğdu Rising like water by Omer Dilsoz; translated from the Kurmanji by Rojin Shekh-Hamo. The age of the iron locusts by Yıldız Caker; translated from the Kurmanji by Harriet Paintin.
The work concludes with an afterword by the editors followed by brief biographies of the authors and translators.
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Publication history 2023, hardcover 2024, ebook
See also Kurdish literature
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