Hafez Wine Poetry Book - Bilingual Persian & English Edition - Perfect for Persian Literature Lovers & Gift Giving

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Between 2006 and 2011, Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami - author of A Wolf on Watch, With the Wind and Wind and Leaf, three books of original verse - released his selections from and adaptations of four masters of Persian poetry: Nima (1895-1960), Hafez, Saadi and Rumi (all from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries). This material is presented to English-speaking readers for the first time, in eight volumes: Nima's Water, Hafez's Wine, Saadi's Tears and Rumi's Fire. In 2015, Kiarostami published two further books, the thematic anthology Night, his selections from a variety of classical and contemporary poets. In the Shadow of Trees brings together English translations of all these books.Hafez, who wrote in the fourteenth century, is regarded as the most important lyric poet in Persian history. His work remains beloved and celebrated by Iranians today, who know him as The Tongue of the Hidden.Abbas Kiarostami is one of Iran's leading filmmakers who has also published several books of photographs and poetry.