- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Coleman Barks (b. 1937)
- Creator:
- Ferguson-Avery, Brian C.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Ruppersburg, Hugh
- Date of Original:
- 2006-03-24
- Subject:
- Translators--Georgia--Athens
College teachers--Georgia--Athens
University of Georgia--Faculty
Barks, Coleman
Poets, American--Georgia--Athens
Authors, American--Georgia--Athens - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Coleman Barks. Coleman Barks, a poet and professor emeritus at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, has gained world renown for his translations of Near Eastern poets, especially Jalal al-Din Rumi. He is also an accomplished poet, whose interest in Near Eastern mysticism infuses his observations of southern landscape and life. Barks has published several collections of his own poetry and numerous poetry translations, and his work has appeared in a wide array of anthologies, textbooks, and journals, including the Ann Arbor Review, Chattahoochee Review, Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Plainsong, Rolling Stone, and Southern Poetry Review.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/coleman-barks-b-1937/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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