Chro Zand

Gebundenes Buch

Chro Is My Name

Memoir of a Kurdish Hero's Daughter

Beschreibung

CHRO IS MY NAME This book is in part autobiographical. It is interiorly non-fiction. It recounts events in my life, in my beloved country of Kurdistan and in countries where I have sought refuge. It retails my life's journey, my transition from a land of peace and beauty to a country I had not initially chosen. It was initially the title of a short story I wrote in 2008. It was published in Newcomer Magazine and later in a collection of short stories named JWAR, which I wrote and published in Kurdistan in 2010. Finally, it was in the School of Continuing Studies program of the University of Toronto. My journey is not a history of my land. I experienced it in the land of history, in that cradle of civilization known as Mesopotamia. My journey is not a statistic or the number of a nation's genocide. It is not a history of the occupation of my land. It is not the story of a politician or religious belief. It is my memoir of my journey in life. I wrote this memoir for the sake of writing it and in order to share my journey with readers. However, the more I press the pen, the more details reveal themselves. The more I remember, the more tears I shed. It does not matter how much we express ourselves, write about, or relive things that happened to us. There are things in our lives that we won't relive or write about; more things will remain secret and go to the grave with us.

Autor

Chro is a Kurdish Canadian freelance writer who currently lives in Toronto. She is the author of, Chro is My Name, her memoir published in 2021. The story of Chro is My Name is included in the School of Continuing Studies program in the University of Toronto curriculum. She has a diploma in Art and Literature and a Bachelor degree in Journalism. Chro was born and raised in Sulaimani, Kurdistan by parents with hearts of gold. Her marriage ended in divorce after producing a son and a daughter, whom she loves immensely. She was one of five million refugees who fled Kurdistan after the April 1991 Apprising and genocide against the Kurdish nation. After the last dinner in 1991, her family never got together again, not even for her marriage. A period of residence in Turkey, in part once again as a refuge. She has been a Certified Language Instructor by TDSB since 2003 and is the first to teach the Kurdish Sorani dialect through Toronto District School Board. She has been a certified interpreter and translator with Canadian and American clients since 2000. She is a member of PEN Canada. She won an international short story contest. Earlier in Kurdistan, at 16, she received her first award in writing. She was nominated for Miss Kurdistan at age 17. Chro experienced some joy and a solid foundation from her father, her great mentor. Her father became her best friend and her world. Chro's father is a father of the federation in her land. He wrote 40 books. He is the first person to have written Kurdish Geography, draws a map of his beloved land, having traveled for 13 years on foot through almost all of Kurdistan. Chro struggled in her land for her freedom of speech. Her mother's language was prohibited, her native land occupied, and her nation was subjected to genocide. She has the memory of war, her destroyed, looted, and burnt house in the mountains. She has the memory of Halabja, a Kurdish city onto which Saddam's planes dropped poison gas in the spring of 1988. She left her homeland. She never saw her first home again as the deadly date hunts her still. Once, when Chro faced the danger of being tortured and death, she broke into a song often sung by Kurds. She fell in love with words, and writing short stories became her first focus as a storyteller to write her memoir and share it with the world. Chro is fascinated by design and loves music. Her green thumb and charming garden transform tears into laughter as she longs for new days to come.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tellwell Talent
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780228884583
• ISBN-10: 0228884586
• Artikelnr.: 65994843