Omar Khayyam

The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam

Übersetzer: Avery, Peter; Heath-Stubbs, John

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Produktbeschreibung

Omar Khayyam was revered in eleventh-century Persia as an astronomer, mathematician and philosopher. Presented in short epigrammatic stanza form, this title contains his verses of reckless romanticism and pragmatic fatalism in the face of death.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Altersempfehlung: ab 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 1981
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 96g
• ISBN-13: 9780140443844
• ISBN-10: 0140443843
• Artikelnr.: 21885100

Autorenporträt

Omar Khayyam is famous as a poet, astronomer and mathematician - he was one of the greatest mathematicians of the Middle Ages. He was born near Nishapur in north-east Persia and is thought to have died in approximately 1122. John Heath-Stubbs published several volumes of poetry, including Collected Poems 1988. He also translated poetry, including Leopardi. He edited selections of Swift, Shelley, TEnnyson and Pope, as well as various anthologies. He received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1973 and the OBE in 1989 for services to literature.