Event description:
The Translation Initiative
and YUSRIA present:
A Thousand Years of Contempt, Complaint and Conflict
(with Occasional Kisses and Cuddles):
How Men Appear in Persian Poetry by Women,
and Other Critical Questions in Literary Translation
Dick Davis, Professor of Persian, Ohio State University
Dick Davis’ award-winning translations of classical Persian poetry include Farid ud-Din Attar’s The Conference of Birds, Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh, Fakhraddin Gorgani’s Vis and Ramin, and a collection of lyrics by Hafez (Faces of Love). A scholar and an acclaimed poet, Davis is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Professor Emeritus of Persian at Ohio State University.
Wednesday, March 6 @ 5:00pm
The Comparative Literature Library
Old Campus, Bingham Hall
8th Floor
Reception to Follow
Sponsored by the Translation Initiative, Iranian
Studies, The Department of Near Eastern
Languages and Civilizations, and YUSRIA
Professor of Persian, Ohio State University
