Golan Haji is a Syrian poet and translator with a postgraduate degree in pathology. He was born in 1977 in Amouda, a Kurdish town in the north of Syria. He studied medicine at the University of Damascus. He has worked as a translator from English and American literature, and has translated Robert Louis Stevenson's Scottish classic Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde into Arabic. His first collection of poetry in Arabic, Called in Darkness (2004), won the Al-Maghut prize in poetry. His second book of poetry, Someone Sees You as a Monster (2008), was published during the event celebrating Damascus as the Capital of culture in 2008. His next collection, My Cold Faraway Home, was published in Beirut. He lived in Damascus until he had to flee his country, and has now settled in France. Golan Haji contributes regularly to the cultural press in Lebanon. He has participated in many poetry festivals in Syria and all over the world.
جولان حاجي شاعر وكاتب سوري كردي، مقيم في فرنسا. نشر العديد من المقالات والدراسات والترجمات، الأدبية والفنية، في صحف ومجلات عربية وأجنبية.غيلان الصفدي فنان سوري مقيم في بيروت. قُدّمت أعماله، في معارض فردية وجماعية، في مدن مختلفة من العالم.
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