
The Rubaiyát of Omar Khayyám
About this book
Omar Khayyam was a Persian poet and general genius who lived from 1048-1131. He wrote on Euclid, on the philosophy of mathematics and various aspects of geometry. He is also said to have helped correct errors in the Persian calendar. He wrote approximately a thousand quatrains of verse, which were famously translated much later in the 19th century by the British poet Edward FitzGerald.
Subjects
Poetry (poetic works by one author)Criticism and interpretationTranslations into EnglishPersian literature