Coleman Barks
American poet · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1937 to 2026 · aged 88
Coleman Bryan Barks was an American poet and literature faculty member at the University of Georgia. Although he neither spoke nor read Persian, he was a popular interpreter of Rumi, rewriting the poems based on other English translations.
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United States
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Writers
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Deceased
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Lived 1937 to 2026 · aged 88
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