“Staff in hand”: selected poems of ‘Attar
Saturday 4th June, 2022
19:00 – 20:30 AEST / 10:00 – 11:30 BST
An exploration of a selection of poems by Farid al-Din ‘Attar translated by Ken Avery from the Farsi (Persian).
Contact: markvtemple@gmail.com
Event Description
“The great 13th century Sufi poet Farid al-Din ‘Attar is renowned as an author of superb short lyrics written in the Persian language. Dealing with themes of love, passion and mysticism, the versions presented in this book – Fifty poems of ‘Attar – are the first sustained offerings of ‘Attar’s lyric poetry in English. Award-winning Iranian-born poet, Ali Alizadeh, and Persian specialist, Kenneth Avery, have collaborated on this project which aims to bring this remarkably vigorous yet subtle poetry to an English reading audience.”
The session will last 90 minutes. Ken Avery will be present to participate in the conversation. Reading materials will be provided.
Booking
Cost: FREE via Zoom
Contact: markvtemple@gmail.com
A pdf of the selected poems translated by Ken Avery will be sent to participants on confirmation of attendance along with a Zoom link to join.
