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- 1937-04-23
- Died
- 2026-02-23
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Coleman Barks (b. 1937) is an American poet and world-renowned translator of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia. Barks is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He attended the University of North Carolina and the University of California, Berkeley. Barks taught literature at the University of Georgia for three decades. He currently lives in Athens, Georgia, where he translates Rumi and composes poetry of his own. Barks makes frequent international appearances and is well-known throughout the
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- Born
- 23 April 1937
- Died
- 23 February 2026
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chattanooga
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- University of Georgia
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
- Official website
- www.colemanbarks.com
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1937 births2026 deaths20th-century American male writers20th-century American poets20th-century American translators21st-century American male writers21st-century American poets21st-century American translatorsAmerican literary scholarsAmerican literary translatorsAmerican male poetsAmerican spoken word poets