Jan Dost (born 1965) is a Syrian Kurdish poet, writer and translator. He has written several novels in Kurdish and Arabic and is one of the prolific Kurdish writers. He was born on 12 March 1965 in Kobanî, Syria. Jan Dost is a recipient of the Galawej Award (a prize in Kurdish literature). Jan Dost has also translated several Kurdish and Persian works into the Arabic language, including Mem and Zin, one of the most famous Kurdish works, written by Ahmad Khani. [1]

Novels
Mijabad (in Kurdish). Diyarbakir 2004
Sê gav û sê darek (in Kurdish). Avesta, Istanbul 2007
Mîrname (in Kurdish). Avesta, Istanbul 2008
Martînê Bextewer (in Kurdish). Avesta, Istanbul 2011
Asheeq the Translator (عشيق المترجم, in Arabic). Waraq Publishing, Dubai 2013
Blood on the Minaret (دم على المئذنة, in Arabic). Maqam, Kairo 2013
The Bells of Rome (نواقيس روما, in Arabic). Dar Al-Saqi, Beirut 2017
Kobani (in Kurdish) Dara, Diyarbakir 2017
Korridor (ممر آمن in Arabic). Miskiliani, Tunis 2019
A Grren Bus leaving Aleppo, ( باص أخضر يغادر حلب In Arabic). Al Muawaset, Milano 2019
The manuscript of Petersburg. ( مخطوط بطرسبورغ in Arabic) Miskiliani, Tunis 2020
Cordyceps. (الكوردي سيبس in Arabic). Damascus. 2020

Translations
Mem and Zin (from Kurdish into Arabic). Damaskus 1995. Duhok 2016. Kairo 2016

Poetry
Dîwana Jan. Avesta, Istanbul 2008
Kela Dimdimê. Bonn 1991; Istanbul 2008
A Song for Kurdistan's Eyes (in Kurdish). Syria 1996
Poems which the War has Forgotten in the Poet's Pocket. (in Arabic). Amman. 2019