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Coleman Barks (born April 23, 1937) is an American poet, and former literature faculty member at the University of Georgia. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian , [1] he is a popular interpreter of Rumi , rewriting the poems based on other English translations.
Born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, poet and translator Coleman Barks received a BA from the University of North Carolina and an MA from the University of California, Berkeley, before returning to the University of North Carolina to earn a PhD.
Learn about Coleman Barks, a renowned poet and translator of 13th-century Sufi mystic poet Jalaluddin Rumi. Explore his original poetry, Rumi translations, awards, and collaborations with music and dance ensembles.
Jan 5, 2017 · It was a collection of poetry by Jalaluddin Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet, translated by Coleman Barks. “It kind of changed my life,” Martin said later, in an interview.
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Coleman Barks. We grew up right next to the Tennessee River, and the beauty of that going-by gave me, early on, a truer sense of the sacred. I had a place I would go to be by myself, and feel that living presence inside me. It is still there. I was, and am, a river mystic.
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi), Coleman Barks (Translator), John Moyne (Translator) 4.39. 47,762 ratings1,433 reviews. This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems.
Apr 28, 2021 · Subscribe to Sounds True for more: http://bit.ly/2EAugMf Tami Simon speaks with Coleman Barks, a leading scholar and translator of the 13th-century Persian mystic Jelaluddin Rumi. Coleman’s...
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