Sherko Bekas (Şêrko Bêkes in Kurdish), (2 May 1940), is a prominent contemporary Kurdish poet. He was born on 2 May 1940 in Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan as a son of the Kurdish poet Fayak Bekas.Sherko Bekas takes a prominent role in the modern Kurdish literature. He introduced a new element into the Kurdish poetry, called Rûwange (vision), in 1971 which was a break from the strict traditional rules of poetry, such as Rhyme. source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherko_Bekas For more information on Sulaymaniyah: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulaymaniyah more information on Kurdistan: www.kurdmedia.com/default.aspx