Farid Ud-Din Attar, recognised as one of the greatest poets of
Persia, was born around 1120 A.D. in Nishapur (also the birth place
of Omar Khayyam) in North Eastern Iran, and died shortly before
1220. He was one of the earliest Sufi poets of Persia. His other
chief works are Memorial of the Saints, The Book of the
Divine, The Book of Affliction and The Book of
Secrets.
Dick Davis is Professor of Persian and Chair of the Department of
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Ohio State University. He
has published five books of poetry, critical works and translations
from Italian as well as from Persian. He translated The Legend
of Seyavash by Ferdowsi for Penguin Classics, and also edited
Edward FitzGerald's Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam for
Penguin.
Afkham Darbandi was born in 1948 in Tehran, where she grew up. She
trained as a nurse and then as a translator. She and Dick Davis
were married in 1974.
"This felicitous translation is a classic and reaches the widest possible audience." -- David Azzolina, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
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