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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia".
Front cover of the first American edition (1878)
Front cover of the first American edition (1878)
A collection of postcards with paintings of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Indian artist M. V. Dhurandhar.
A collection of postcards with paintings of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Indian artist M. V. Dhurandhar.
Calligraphic manuscript page with three of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat written by William Morris, illustration by Edward Burne-Jones (1870s).
Calligraphic manuscript page with three of FitzGerald's Rubaiyat written by William Morris, illustration by Edward Burne-Jones (1870s).
Illustration by Adelaide Hanscom (c. 1910).
Illustration by Adelaide Hanscom (c. 1910).
Edward FitzGerald (poet)
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Edward FitzGerald or Fitzgerald was an English poet and writer. His most famous poem is the first and best-known English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which has kept its reputation and popularity since the 1860s.
Portrait by Eva Rivett-Carnac (after a photograph of 1873)
Portrait by Eva Rivett-Carnac (after a photograph of 1873)
Grave of Edward FitzGerald in Boulge churchyard
Grave of Edward FitzGerald in Boulge churchyard
Title page from the first American edition of FitzGerald's translation, 1878
Title page from the first American edition of FitzGerald's translation, 1878