Background
He was born in the village of Beyrem near Mahabad.
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Karim Hisami
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In 1960, he moved to Czechoslovakia, where he studied in university.
Career
His real name was Karimi Mirza Hamed. Karim Hisami was his pen-name. He lived most of his life in exile.
In 1958, he fled to Iraq.
In the 1970s, he was working in Radio Peyk Iran (Radio Iranian Messenger) in Bulgaria. He went back to Iran in 1978 after the revolution.
In 1985 he moved to Sweden, where he stayed until his death on October 6, 2001. In Sweden, he published a Kurdish journal titled Serdemî Nwê from 1986 to 1990.
He was also closely affiliated with the Iraqi Communist Party.
He is famous for his memoires, titled Le Bîreweriyekanim (From my memoires). He published eleven volumes of his massive memoires, between 1986 and 2001. This work is an important source for the study of Kurdish political movements in Iran.
He has also translated literary works of Maxim Gorky, Ignazio Silone and Nikos Kazantzakis into Kurdish.
Politics
At early age, he became involved in politics, and was registered as the 18th member of Komeley Jiyanewey Kurd party.
Membership
He was a member of political bureau of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran until 1984.
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Born
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Nationality
Iranian -
Political Party
Kurdistan Democratic Party