Outlook India
Magazine| Mar 12, 2007
anniversary: year of Rumi
Ruminations On A Poet
All the world romances the 13th century Sufi on his 800th b'day
SHEELA REDDY
Not bad at all for a poet who belonged nowhere. At least 50 countries, including India, are laying claim to him, joining in the celebrations for his 800th birth anniversary this yearthe Year of Rumi, as UNESCO has declared it. Jalaluddin Rumi is an improbable poet laureate of the 21st century: he wrote in Persian, a world language that has long been overtaken by English. And he wrote on themes that modern poets would rather choke than write aboutdeep stuff like Soul and Union with God. But still, he's America's Number One bestselling poet today, the best known Sufi poet across the world, and if he's not already the world's most popular poet in any language, he will surely be by the time his birthday celebrations wind up by year-end..More....
Magazine| Mar 12, 2007
anniversary: year of Rumi
Ruminations On A Poet
All the world romances the 13th century Sufi on his 800th b'day
SHEELA REDDY
Not bad at all for a poet who belonged nowhere. At least 50 countries, including India, are laying claim to him, joining in the celebrations for his 800th birth anniversary this yearthe Year of Rumi, as UNESCO has declared it. Jalaluddin Rumi is an improbable poet laureate of the 21st century: he wrote in Persian, a world language that has long been overtaken by English. And he wrote on themes that modern poets would rather choke than write aboutdeep stuff like Soul and Union with God. But still, he's America's Number One bestselling poet today, the best known Sufi poet across the world, and if he's not already the world's most popular poet in any language, he will surely be by the time his birthday celebrations wind up by year-end..More....
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