Jalile Jalil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jalile Jalil

Kurdish writer

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1936

Place of Birth: Yerevan, Armenia

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher, journalist

Nationality: Armenia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jalile Jalil (Kurdish: Celîlê Celîl?, 1936- ), is a Yazidi historian, writer and Kurdologist.
He was born in Yerevan and studied history at the university of Yerevan and Oriental Academy of Leningrad.
He wrote his thesis regarding the Kurdish rebellions in the 19th century.
He received his PhD in 1963, and worked in the Academy of Sciences from 1963 to 1993.
He along with his brother Ordîxanê Celîl, collected Yazidi religious poetry and Kurdish legends and tales.
After the collapse of Soviet Union, he moved to Austria, and taught at the University of Vienna, where he taught Kurmanji.
He is now working at the Academy of Sciences in Vienna.