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Coleman Barks
Coleman Barks was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was educated at the University of North Carolina and the University of California at Berkeley. He taught poetry and creative writing at the University of Georgia for 30 years. He is the author of numerous translations of Rumi's poetry and has been a student of Sufism since 1977. His work with Rumi's poetry was the subject of an hour-long segment in Bill Moyers's Language of Life series on PBS, and he is a featured poet and translator in Bill Moyers's poetry special, Fooling With Words. Coleman Barks is the father of two grown children and the grandfather of four. He lives in Athens, Georgia. |
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