Dick Davis:

Dick Davis is Professor of Persian and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Ohio State University. As author, translator, or editor, he has produced twenty-two books, including translations of two volumes of stories by Ferdowsi, as well as Ferdowsi's Legend of Seyavash (Penguin Classics). In addition to academic works, he has published translations from Italian (prose) and Persian (prose and verse) and numerous books of poetry.

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