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Coleman Barks
American poet
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- born
- 1937
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 88
- known for
- linguist, poet, translator
1937 – 2026
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who coleman barks is
Coleman Bryan Barks was an American poet and literature faculty member at the University of Georgia. Although he neither spoke nor read Persian, he was a popular interpreter of Rumi, rewriting the poems based on other English translations.
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