Dick Davis reads poems three short Persian poems
Clip: 12/24/2013 | 1m 15s
Dick Davis, a scholar of medieval Persian literature, reads poems by Jahan Malek Khatun.
Dick Davis, a preeminent scholar of medieval Persian literature, recently published "Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz," a book of poems he translated from mid-14th century Iran. Here, he read three poems by Jahan Malek Khatun, an Inju Princess. Check out more Art Beat: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/
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Dick Davis reads poems three short Persian poems
Clip: 12/24/2013 | 1m 15s
Dick Davis, a preeminent scholar of medieval Persian literature, recently published "Faces of Love: Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz," a book of poems he translated from mid-14th century Iran. Here, he read three poems by Jahan Malek Khatun, an Inju Princess. Check out more Art Beat: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/
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