Kurdish literature (in Kurmanji Kurdish language: , in Sorani Kurdish language: وێژەی کوردی or ئەدەبی کوردی) refers to literature written in the Kurdish language. Literary Kurdish works have been written in each of the four main dialects of Zazaki, Gorani, Kurmanji and Sorani. Ali Hariri  (1009-1079) is one of the first well-known poets who wrote in Kurdish. He was from the Hakkari region.