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SUMMARY:How complex can this be? Let me introduce you to the Haft Paykar\,
  a narrative poem composed in Persian by the giant poet Nizami of Ganja (1
 2th C. AD) - Cristine van Ruymbeke\, Soudavar Professor of Persian Literat
 ure and Culture Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Graduate Tutor
  and College Praelector of Darwin College
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CONTACT:Prof. Nebojša Radić
DESCRIPTION:The poet Nizami of Ganja was born in the 1140s AD in present-d
 ay Azerbaijan\, in the town of Ganja where he seems to have remained till 
 his death in the early years of 1200s. This was a time of political instab
 ility and intense intellectual activity. He was not a court poet\, but he 
 wrote for ad hoc patrons who might have influenced his choice of topics an
 d narratives. We know almost nothing about his life\, but we have his word
 s that have reached us in the form of five long narrative poems written in
  Persian. He was an extraordinary poet\, both an unequalled artist and a d
 eep\, fine and refined thinker. His poems were immediate best-sellers and 
 were copied over and over again\, sometimes in fabulous de-luxe illustrate
 d form for the wealthiest of princes across the Persianate world. Nizami h
 as influenced and inspired generations of poets to the present day.\n\nHaf
 t Paykar\, or Seven Beauties\, is a marvellously complex work written in h
 is later years. It fascinates and it baffles and annoys. It seems that it 
 managed till now to resist analysis. We cannot fully make sense of it. Thi
 s talk will introduce the work and give brief insights in my research on i
 t\, telling about some victories and especially about the many question ma
 rks that remain. 
LOCATION:Darwin College\, Richard King Room
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