Night: Vol. 2

Poetry from the Contemporary Persian Canon #2

by Abbas Kiarostami (Adapter), Iman Tavassoly (Translation), Paul Cronin (Translation)

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 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 Nima's Water , Hafez's Wine , Saadi's Tears and Rumi's Fire . In 2015, Kiarostami published two further books, the dual anthology entitled Night , his selections from a variety of classical and contemporary poets. In the Shadow of Trees brings together English translations of all these books.

Abbas Kiarostami was one of Iran's leading filmmakers who also published several books of photographs and poetry.

336 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30. Since then he has made many movies and has become one of the most important figures in contemporary film. He is also a major figure in the arts world, and has had numerous gallery exhibitions of his photography, short films and poetry. He is an iconic figure for what he has done, and he has achieved it all by believing in the arts and the creativity of his mind.

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Part of the In The Shadows of Trees collection