Through a unique collaboration of musicians, dancers, and poets, The Rumi Concert brings to life the ecstatic poetry of the 13th-century Persian mystic Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī. Rūmī (1207-1273) was ...

Coleman Bryan Barks of Athens, Georgia, passed peacefully at home on February 23, 2026, surrounded by loved ones. He was born on April 23, 1937, to Elizabeth Bryan and Herbert Bernard Barks. He grew ...

The poet and writer Coleman Barks died last month at the age of 88. He was well known for his translations of the works of the 13th-century Persian mystic poet Jalaluddin Rumi. Coleman Barks even ...

The 13th-century Persian poet has become a household name in contemporary America, but few know the name of the scholar who popularized his poems in the West. Since the 1970s, Coleman Barks has been ...

One day in 1976, poet Robert Bly handed his close friend Coleman Barks an old translation of several works by Rumi, the 13th-century Persian writer, encouraging him to render them in modern free verse ...

Poet and translator Coleman Barks’s pursuit of the 13th-century mystic Jalal ad-Din Rumi has led him down many strange paths, none quite so bizarre as the 2005 pilgrimage he made to Afghanistan as a ...

ANYONE WHO STUMBLES upon the poetry of Rumi undoubtedly comes across Coleman Barks’ name as well. Never mind that the Persian poet lived in the 13th century and Barks, 75, lives in Athens, Ga., and ...

TEHRAN -- The University of Tehran will be presenting an honorary doctorate in Persian language and literature to the renowned American poet Coleman Barks on May 17, the Persian service of IRNA ...

A native of Tennessee, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in opening Western eyes to the teachings of 13th century Persian poet, theologian, and philosopher Jalal Al-Din Rumi. Although Barks relied ...