The stories of theShahnamehare deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works asThe Kite Runnerand the love poems of Rumi and Hafez.
Abolqasem Ferdowsi was born in Khorasan in a village near Tus in
940. His great epic, Shahnameh, was originally composed for the
Samanid princes of Khorasan. Ferdowsi died around 1020 in
poverty.
Dick Davis (translator) is professor emeritus of Persian at Ohio
State University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
His translations from Persian include Faces of Love- Hafez and the
Poets of Shiraz and Vis and Ramin.
Azar Nafisi (foreword) is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author
of Reading Lolita in Tehran, Things I've Been Silent About, and The
Republic of Imagination. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Dick Davis [is] our pre-eminent translator from the
Persian...Thanks to Davis's magnificent translation, Ferdowsi and
the Shahnameh live again in English
*Washington Post*
Accessible...A poet himself, Davis brings to his translation a
nuanced awareness of Ferdowsi's subtle rhythms and cadences. His
"Shahnameh" is rendered in an exquisite blend of poetry and prose,
with none of the antiquated flourishes that so often mar
translations of epic poetry
*New York Times Books Review*
Davis's wonderful translation will show Western readers why
Ferdowsi's masterpiece is one of the most revered and most beloved
classics in the Persian world.
*Khaled Hosseini*
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