# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sherko-bekas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:20.605Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sherko-bekas"
name: "Sherko Bekas"
slug: "sherko-bekas"
description: "Sherko Fayaq Abdullah, was a Kurdish poet. He was born on 2 May 1940 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq as the son of the poet Faiq Bekas. He is widely regarded as one of the poets who founded contemporary Kurdish poetry. Sherko's poetry explores liberty, love, life, and nature while reflecting the contemporary political, cultural, and spiritual conditions of the Kurdish people. Sherko's poetry on freedom and liberty has influenced many poets such as Ahmad Shamlou and Ali Salehi."
tagline: "Iraqi Kurdish poet (1940–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sherko_Bekas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-05-02"
deathDate: "2013-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             8.63177590573679
  historical:           12.97523733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "شیرکو بیکس"
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    title: "شێرکۆ بێکەس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sherko Bekas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%AArko_B%C3%AAkes"
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    title: "Sherko Bekas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherko_Bekas"
    title: "Sherko Bekas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherko_Bekas"
    title: "Sherko Bekas"
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    title: "شیرکو بیکس"
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    title: "شیرکو بیکس"
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    title: "Sherko Bekas"
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    title: "谢尔科·比卡斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump