The Omar Khayyam 1048-1122 creator FitzGerald, Edward 1809-1883 text utu 1995 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" by Omar Khayyam is a translation published in 1859 by Edward FitzGerald, rendering Persian quatrains into English. Initially a commercial failure, the work became wildly popular throughout the English-speaking world by the 1880s, inspiring clubs and a "fin de siècle cult." The poems spark enduring debate: Are they expressions of religious skepticism and Epicurean philosophy, or mystical Sufi verses misunderstood by their translator? The authenticity of the quatrains themselves remains deeply uncertain. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam Release date is 1995-04-01 Produced by Judy Boss, Gregory Walker, and David Widger Original publication data not identified Persian poetry -- Translations into English PK Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/246 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/246 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133029.0 246