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Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz
Penguin
September 2013
On Sale: August 27, 2013
364 pages
ISBN: 0143107283
EAN: 9780143107286
Kindle: B00C5R788S
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Fiction Poetry
Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into
the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian
literature
Together, Hafez, a giant
of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent
princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist,
represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of
any era. All three lived in the famed city of Shiraz, a
provincial capital of south-central Iran, and all three drew
support from arts-loving rulers during a time better known
for its violence than its creative brilliance. Here Dick
Davis, an award-winning poet widely considered “our finest
translator of Persian poetry” (The Times Literary
Supplement), presents a diverse selection of some of the
best poems by these world-renowned authors and shows us the
spiritual and secular aspects of love, in varieties
embracing every aspect of the human heart.
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