Eskerê Boyîk

{{Short description|Armenian Yazidi writer and poet}}

Eskerê Boyîk (born 1941) is a Kurdish poet and writer.{{Cite book|author=Ergül, Selim Temo |year=2015 |chapter=An overview of Kurdish literature in Turkish |editor1=Gürçaglar, Şehnaz Tahir |editor2=Paker, Saliha |editor3=Milton, John |title=Tradition, Tension and Translation in Turkey |location=Amsterdam |publisher=John Benjamins |pages=253–272, page 266 |isbn=978-90-272-5859-5}} He was born into a Kurds–Yazidi family at the village of Qundexsaz in Armenia. He went to school in his village and later in the village of Elegez. He continued his studies in economics in Yerevan, and graduated in 1966. He has written many articles in Armenian and Russian. He is noted for his review of Soviet Kurdish literature.{{Cite journal |author=Çifçi, Tekin |year=2015 |title=Di Çarçoveya Çanda Devkî de di Nav Civaka Kurdan de Dengbêj û Saziya Dengbêjiyê |journal=International Journal of Kurdish Studies |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=110–124 |doi=10.21600/ijoks.106008 |url=http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/ijoks/article/download/5000115808/5000107775 |doi-access=free |access-date=2015-12-17 |archive-date=2017-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922031803/http://dergipark.ulakbim.gov.tr/ijoks/article/download/5000115808/5000107775 |url-status=dead }} In the 1960s, he began writing poetry and articles in Kurdish.Di destpêka salên 2000’î de Rojnameya Riya Teze xebata xwe bi çar kesan berdewam dikir: Emerîkê Serdar (Berpirsiyarê Giştî-Redaktor), Grîşayê Memê (Cîgirê Redaktor), Rizganê Cango (Katibê Cabdar) û Mirazê Cemal (Nûçegihan). Sebaret vê nivîsarê min xwe gihand Dîrokzan-Nivîskar Celîlê Celîl û Şaîr-Nivîskar Eskerê Boyîk û hîn bûm ku niha bi tenê Grîşayê Memê û Mirazê Cemal mane li rojnamê. {{Cite web |title=Azmûna Sovyetê û Rojnameya Riya Teze |date=22 May 2011 |language=Kurdish |publisher=Kurdish Institute (Instîtûta Kurdî Ji bo Lêkolîn û Zanist) |url=http://www.enstituyakurdi.com/kurdistan/lekolin/lekolin/dirok/2011/05/22/lekolin-15/ |access-date=17 December 2015 |archive-date=18 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418213725/http://www.enstituyakurdi.com/kurdistan/lekolin/lekolin/dirok/2011/05/22/lekolin-15 |url-status=dead }} He is now living in Germany.