Malak Jân Nemati, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Malak Jân Nemati

Kudish poet

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1906

Place of Birth: Jeyhunabad, Kermanshah Province, Iran

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1993

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Malak Jân Nemati (or Malek Jân Nemati) was born in 1906 in Jeyhounabad, a village in Iranian Kurdistan.
Also known as Sheikh Jâni and Saint Jani, she was a charismatic figure and a mystical writer and poet in Kurdish and Persian language.
She was the daughter of Hajj Nematollah and the sister of Ostad Elahi.
There are few written sources about her life.
Some elements can be found in the words of her brother Ostad Elahi whom she was very close to.
A biography in French was published on the occasion of the centennial of her birth, including the translation of some of her poems and sayings.