Coleman Barks is the best-known contemporary translator of Rumi into English. Although he does not read Persian, his free renderings — beginning with The Essential Rumi — brought the 13th-century mystic to millions of readers and made Rumi the best-selling poet in America. His work is celebrated for its accessibility and criticized by scholars for its liberties with the original text.
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Coleman Barks
Sufi·Rumi translator and interpreter
Born1937, Chattanooga, USA
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LanguagesEnglish
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