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Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State

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Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State
EditorOrsola Casagrande, Mustafa Gündoğdu
LanguageEnglish
SubjectKurdish future, Kurdish political fiction
GenreFuturistic fiction, Science fiction, Kurdish literature
PublisherComma Press
Publication date
2023
Pages240
ISBN978-1646052806
WebsiteComman Press book page

Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State is a book edited by Orsola Casagrande and Mustafa Gündoğdu published in 2023 by Comma Press.[a] The work is an anthology of short stories by thirteen contemporary Kurdish writers, envisioning a possible Kurdish future in 2046, the 100 year anniversary of the Kurdish Republic of Mahabad. The book has been described as the first anthology of Kurdish science fiction[1][2] and as a collection of futuristic fiction.[3]

Structure

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The work opens with an introduction by book editors Orsola Casagrande, Mustafa Gündoğdu, followed by the stories:

The work concludes with an afterword by the editors followed by brief biographies of the authors and translators.

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Publication history

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  • 2023, hardcover
  • 2024, ebook

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Notes

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  1. ^ ebook was released in 2024.

Citations

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  1. ^ Broomfield, M. (28 November 2023), "First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past", The Markaz Report, retrieved 1 May 2024
  2. ^ ""Kurdistan + 100", edited by Orsola Casagrande and Mustafa Gündoğdu", Asian Review of Books, 2023, retrieved 1 May 2024
  3. ^ Lynx Qualey, M. (13 November 2023), "Kurdistan + 100: Futuristic fiction anthology focuses on Kurdistan", Qantara.de, retrieved 1 May 2024
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  • Casagrande, O., Gündoğdu, M. (6 August 2024). Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State. Deep Vellum Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64605-280-6.