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American poet

Coleman Barks (born April 23, ) is an American poet and former literature faculty member at the University of Georgia.

Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian,^[1] he is a popular interpreter of Rumi, rewriting the poems based on other English translations.^[1]

Early life and education

Barks is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

He attended the Baylor School, then the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of California, Berkeley.^[2]

Barks was a student of the Sufi ShaykhBawa Muhaiyaddeen.^[3]

Career

Barks taught literature at the University of Georgia for three decades.

Barks makes frequent international appearances and is well known throughout the Middle East.

Barks' work has contributed to an extremely strong following of Rumi in the English-speaking world.^[4] Due to his work, the ideas of Sufism have crossed many cultural boundaries over the past few decades. Barks received an honorary doctorate from University of Tehran in ^[5]

He has also read his original poetry at the Geraldine R.

Dodge Poetry Festival. In March , Barks was inducted into the Georgia Writers' Hall of Fame.^[6]

Rumi interpretations

Barks has published several volumes of his interpretations of Rumi's poetry since , including The Hand of Poetry, Five Mystic Poets of Persia in , The Essential Rumi in , The Book of Love in and A Year with Rumi in ^{[citation needed]}

Controversies

Barks has been criticized for removing references to Islam from the poetry of Rumi.^[7]

Original poetry

Barks has published several volumes of his own poetry, including Gourd Seed, "Quickly Aging Here", Tentmaking, and, in , Granddaughter Poems, a collection of his poetry about his granddaughter, Briny Barks, with illustrations by Briny.

Harper published his first book of poetry, The Juice, in ^[8]

Discography

• Barks, Coleman; Robert Bly (). Poems of Rumi (Cassette). Audio Literature. ISBN&#;.
• Barks, Coleman; Hamza El Din; Steve Coughlin ().
  Coleman barks poetry They are have come to celebrate language. Poetry readings are flourishing across America in many different places in wondrous variety. Nowhere is the renaissance of poetry more vivid than in the historic village of Waterloo, New Jersey. Dodge Poetry Festival. For many years he has devoted himself to the poetry of the 13th century Persian mystic, Rumi.

  Like This: More Poems of Rumi (Audiobook). Audio Literature. ISBN&#;.

• Barks, Coleman; Dorothy Fadiman (). Selections From Open Secret (Poems of the 13th Century Sufi Master Rumi) (Cassette). Coleman and Dorothy.
• Barks, Coleman (). Dust Particles in Sunlight: Poems of Rumi (Cassette).

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• Barks, Coleman. (). The Hand of Poetry (Cassette).
  Rumi fasting coleman barks biography wikipedia It was a collection of poetry by Jalaluddin Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet, translated by Coleman Barks. Rumi has helped the spiritual journeys of other celebrities—Madonna, Tilda Swinton—some of whom similarly incorporated his work into theirs. Aphorisms attributed to Rumi circulate daily on social media, offering motivation. I am a carpenter of my own soul. Rumi is often described as the best-selling poet in the United States.

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• Barks, Coleman. Mary Sinclair, Lory Messina (). The Woman Who Dressed As a Man: Poems of Attar (Cassette). Omega Publications.
  Rumi fasting coleman barks biography Coleman Barks born April 23, is an American poet and former literature faculty member at the University of Georgia. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian , [ 1 ] he is a popular interpreter of Rumi , rewriting the poems based on other English translations. Barks is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Barks was a student of the Sufi Shaykh Bawa Muhaiyaddeen. Barks taught literature at the University of Georgia for three decades.

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• Barks, Coleman (). I want Burning (CD) (Unabridged&#;ed.). Sounds True Incorporated. ISBN&#;.
• Barks, Coleman; Marcus Wise; David Whetstone; Robert Bly ().

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Rumi: Voice of Longing (CD) (Unabridged&#;ed.). Sounds True Incorporated. ISBN&#;.

• Barks, Coleman (). Rumi (CD). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ISBN&#;.

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