Edward Fitzgerald Biography
Attr: Eva Rivett-Carnac
Edward Fitzgerald was an English poet and also translator. He was born upon March 31, 1809, in Bredfield, Suffolk, England, to John Purcell Fitzgerald, an affluent business person, and his spouse, Frances Mary Purcell. His family members was of Irish descent as well as traced their ancestry back to the earls of Desmond.
Fitzgerald attended Trinity College, Cambridge, however he was not a diligent student and left without a degree. However, he was a serious reader as well as developed an enthusiasm for literary works and also verse. His early efforts at composing poetry were not effective, but he continued to write and also publish his works throughout his life.
In the 1850s, Fitzgerald turned his interest to translating the jobs of the Persian poet
Omar Khayyam. He had discovered a manuscript of the Rubaiyat of
Omar Khayyam in the Bodleian Library and was captivated by the beauty as well as wisdom of the verse. Fitzgerald worked with translating the Rubaiyat for several years, and also in 1859, he published a tiny selection of his translations.
The magazine was not an industrial success, yet it excited the passion of some prominent literary numbers, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti as well as Algernon Swinburne. They applauded Fitzgerald's translations as a masterpiece of English literary works, and also his reputation as a poet as well as translator began to grow.
Throughout the years, Fitzgerald continued to revise and also increase his translations of the Rubaiyat. His 4th and also last edition, released in 1879, included 101 quatrains and also was commonly acclaimed as a masterpiece of English poetry. The Rubaiyat of
Omar Khayyam has because become one of one of the most famous and also precious works of English literature.
In addition to his translations of the Rubaiyat, Fitzgerald created numerous other books on Persian and Middle Eastern literature, consisting of translations of the jobs of Hafiz and also Jami. He likewise created some initial poetry as well as prose, including the autobiographical Euphranor and also Polonius.
Fitzgerald never wed as well as had no kids. He invested most of his life in seclusion, in the village of Woodbridge, Suffolk, where he took pleasure in gardening, strolling, as well as reading. He passed away on June 14, 1883, aged 74, as well as was hidden in the churchyard of St. Michael's Church, where a monument was erected in his honor.
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Related authors: Omar Khayyam (Poet), F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author)
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