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Edward FitzGerald or Fitzgerald (31 March 1809 – 14 June 1883) was an English poet and writer. His most famous poem is the first and best-known English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam , which has kept its reputation and popularity since the 1860s.
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- 14 June 1883 (aged 74), Merton, Norfolk, England
- 31 March 1809, Bredfield House, Bredfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
- English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Mar 27, 2024 · Edward FitzGerald (born March 31, 1809, Bredfield, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, Eng.—died June 14, 1883, Merton, Norfolk) was an English writer, best known for his Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, which, though it is a very free adaptation and selection from the Persian poet’s verses, stands on its own as a classic of English literature.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A collection of postcards with paintings of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Indian artist M. V. Dhurandhar.. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048–1131), dubbed "the Astronomer-Poet of Persia".
- Omar Khayyam
- 1859
- 1859
- Poetry
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The coming year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edward FitzGerald; so, as the year turns, what better celebration than some stanzas from his free translation of that great meditation on ...
Edward FitzGerald was born Edward Purcell at Bredfield House in Bredfield, around 2 miles north of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England in 1809. In 1818, his father, John Purcell, assumed the name and arms of his wife's family, the FitzGeralds.
Edward FitzGerald was born in Bredfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, in March of 1809. His father was John Purcell, a member of Parliament. The family’s last name originated from his mother’s side of the family. She was the beneficiary of a large fortune after the death of an aunt and her father.
Jan 12, 2022 · Edward FitzGerald (b. 1809–d. 1883) was an English poet and translator, best remembered today for a single work, his Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1859). FitzGerald was born into an extremely wealthy family in Suffolk. After graduating from Cambridge, where he had spent perhaps the happiest years of his life and formed a number of lifelong ...
