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The Big Book of Persian Poetry: an Anthology

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781505826784
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Persian Poetry: an Anthology written by Paul Smith and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BIG BOOK OF PERSIAN POTRY: An Anthology Court, Sufi, Dervish, Satirical, Ribald, Prison, Social Poety from the 9th to the 20th century. Translation & Introduction Paul Smith CONTENTS: The Various Forms in Classical Persian Poetry... 7, Sufism in Persian Poetry... 14, A Glossary of Sufi & Dervish Symbols... 16, Persian Poetry: A New Beginning... 20: THE POETS...Abbas of Merv page 21, Hanzalah 21, Firuz 22, Abu Salik 23, Abu Shakur 24, Junaidi 26, Shahid 26, Rudaki 28, Agachi 37, Rabi'a Balkhi 38, Khusravani 45, Manjik 46, Daqiqi 47, Mantiki 53, Umarah 55, Kisa'i 56, Firdausi 60, Baba Tahir 67, Farrukhi 71, Asjadi 80, Minuchihri 81, Gurgani 88, Unsuri 91, Abu Sa'id 97, Ibn Sina 102, Baba Kuhi 105, Nasir-i-Khusraw 106, Asadi 110, Azraqi 113, Qatran 115, Ansari 120, Al-Ghazali 126, Mas'ud S'ad 127, Mu'izzi 135, Hamadani 145, Omar Khayyam 148, Sana'i 186, Sabir 161, Mahsati 165, Jabali 173, Vatvat 177, Anvari 180, Falaki 202, Hasan Ghaznavi 207, Suzani 210, Athir 214, Jamal al-din 217, Mujir 222, Khaqani 227, Mu'in 249, Zahir 260, Nizami 268, Ruzbihan 295, Baghdadi 296, 'Attar 298, Auhad ud-din Kermani 317, Kamal ad-din 321, Hamavi 325, Baba Afzal 327, Rumi 330, Imami 373, Hamgar 375, Sadi 378, 'Iraqi 409, Obeyd Zakani 420, Emad 447, Salman 455, Shahin 461, Hafiz 477, Ruh Attar 521, Haydar 532, Azad 547, Junaid Shirazi 543, Jahan Khatun 546, Shah Shuja 572, Kamal 576, Maghribi 579, Bushaq 585, Kasim Anwar 594, Shah Ni'matu'llah 599, Shah Da'i 604, 'Arifi 610, Jami 614, Ahli 626, Helali 628, Fighani 630, Babur 633, Lisani 635, Humayan 637, Kamran 639, Ghazali 640, Kahi 642, Vashi 323, Akbar 637, Urfi 648, Brahmin 652, Rahim 653, Hayati 354, Ulfati 655, Baha'i 656, Kalim 660, Dara Shikoh 661, Sarmad 666, Sa'ib 672, Nasir Ali 675, Makhfi 676, Bedil 682, Mushtaq 691, Hatef 693, Niyaz 699, Visal 707, Ghalib 708, Surida 730, Munis 'Ali Shah 731, Furughi 734, Qa'ani 735, Tahirah 739, Safa 751, Iqbal 752, Ishqi 757, Parvin 759. Correct form and meaning has been attempted in all these poems. A biography & bibliography with each poet. Large Format Edition 7" x 10..". 778 pages. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Iqbal, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Ghalib and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies and a dozen screenplays. www.newhumanitybooksbookheaven.com

A Persian Anthology

Author : Edward Granville Browne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Persian Anthology written by Edward Granville Browne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1927 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains thirty-five translations of Persian poetry, arranged in five groups as well as two examples of prose translations from Arabic, which offer examples of âe~rhymed proseâe(tm) of which the earliest examples are to be found in the Koran. To help the reader, a substantial introduction on Persian poetry is included, as well as a personal memoir of the author by J B Atkins.

Persian Poems

Author : Arthur John Arberry
Publisher : Alhoda UK
ISBN 13 : 9789643063023
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Persian Poems written by Arthur John Arberry and published by Alhoda UK. This book was released on 2008 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry

Author : Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak
Publisher : Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry written by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak and published by Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry

Author : Ehsan Yarshatar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (469 download)

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Download or read book Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry written by Ehsan Yarshatar and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Persian Anthology (RLE Iran B)

Author : Edward Granville Browne
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136840923
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book A Persian Anthology (RLE Iran B) written by Edward Granville Browne and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains thirty-five translations of Persian poetry, arranged in five groups as well as two examples of prose translations from Arabic, which offer examples of ‘rhymed prose’ of which the earliest examples are to be found in the Koran. To help the reader, a substantial introduction on Persian poetry is included, as well as a personal memoir of the author by J B Atkins.

A Little Book of Persian Poetry

Author : GLEN ALBERTO. SALAZAR
Publisher : Splendor Books
ISBN 13 : 1491087617
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Little Book of Persian Poetry written by GLEN ALBERTO. SALAZAR and published by Splendor Books. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Little Book of Persian poetry presents an anthology of the treasured classics written by Rumi, Saadi and Hafez. Mystical and profound, these poems will infuse the heart and soul with hidden Sufi wisdom. Close your eyes and listen to the language of the heart! You know the majestic Simurgh bird got caught in this net… And what can I do? I’m only a small songbird. ~ Rumi “The Edge of the Roof”

The Mirror of My Heart

Author :
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143135619
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Mirror of My Heart written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of verse by women poets writing in Persian, most of whom have never been translated into English before, from acclaimed scholar and translator Dick Davis. A Penguin Classic The Mirror of My Heart is a unique and captivating collection of eighty-three Persian women poets, many of whom wrote anonymously or were punished for their outspokenness. One of the very first Persian poets was a woman (Rabe'eh, who lived over a thousand years ago) and there have been women poets writing in Persian in virtually every generation since that time until the present. Before the twentieth century they tended to come from society's social extremes--many were princesses, some were entertainers, but many were wives and daughters who wrote simply for their own entertainment, and they were active in many different countries - Iran, India, Afghanistan, and areas of central Asia that are now Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. From Rabe'eh in the tenth century to Fatemeh Ekhtesari in the twenty-first, the women poets found in The Mirror of My Heart write across the millennium on such universal topics as marriage, children, political climate, death, and emancipation, recreating life from hundreds of years ago that is strikingly similar to our own today and giving insight into their experiences as women throughout different points of Persian history. The volume is introduced and translated by Dick Davis, a scholar and translator of Persian literature as well as a gifted poet in his own right.

A Thousand Years of Persian Rubáiyát

Author : Reza Saberi
Publisher : Ibex Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1588140024
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book A Thousand Years of Persian Rubáiyát written by Reza Saberi and published by Ibex Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. In A THOUSAND YEARS OF PERSIAN RUBAIYAT, Reza Saberi translates over 1,500 quatrains from more than a hundred Iranian poets from the beginning of written Persian poetry to the present. A ruba'i is a poem in four lines, which is complete in itself and expresses a single feeling or thought in a very concise and elegant language. The subjects of rubaiyat include divine love, the ecstasy of love, mystical knowledge, and the nature of life and existence.

Modern Persian Poetry (Persian/Farsi Edition)

Author : Nazanin Mirsadeghi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781939099679
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Modern Persian Poetry (Persian/Farsi Edition) written by Nazanin Mirsadeghi and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an easy-to-read anthology of modern Persian poems. While this anthology by no means represents all modern Persian poets and their masterworks, the poems presented in this book have been carefully selected solely based on ease of language, for learning purposes. As a result, some modern Persian poets and their masterpieces have been excluded because of the complexity of their poems. The poems in this anthology have been sequenced based on ease, from easy to more difficult, regardless of the poet. Therefore, you may find various poems from the same poet at various points throughout this selection. To ease your learning experience, the difficult terms in each poem have been underlined and translations of those terms have been provided at the end of each poem. A brief biography of each featured poet has also been provided at the end of the book.

The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women

Author : Rabe`eh Balkhi
Publisher : Mage Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1949445607
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women written by Rabe`eh Balkhi and published by Mage Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the very first Persian poets was a woman (Rabe’eh, who lived over a thousand years ago) and there have been women poets writing in Persian in virtually every generation since that time until the present. Before the twentieth century they tended to come from society’s social extremes. Many were princesses, a good number were hired entertainers of one kind or another, and they were active in many different countries – Iran of course, but also India, Afghanistan, and areas of central Asia that are now Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Not surprisingly, a lot of their poetry sounds like that of their male counterparts, but a lot doesn’t; there are distinctively bawdy and flirtatious poems by medieval women poets, poems from virtually every era in which the poet complains about her husband (sometimes light-heartedly, sometimes with poignant seriousness), touching poems on the death of a child, and many epigrams centered on little details that bring a life from hundreds of years ago vividly before our eyes. This new bilingual edition of The Mirror of My Heart – the poems in Persian and English on facing pages – is a unique and captivating collection introduced and translated by Dick Davis, an acclaimed scholar and translator of Persian literature as well as a gifted poet in his own right. In his introduction he provides fascinating background detail on Persian poetry written by women through the ages, including common themes and motifs and a brief overview of Iranian history showing how women poets have been affected by the changing dynasties. From Rabe’eh in the tenth century to Fatemeh Ekhtesari in the twenty-first, each of the eighty-four poets in this volume is introduced in a short biographical note, while explanatory notes give further insight into the poems themselves.

Six Vowels and Twenty Three Consonants

Author : Ali Alizadeh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906570576
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Six Vowels and Twenty Three Consonants written by Ali Alizadeh and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited and translated by John Kinsella and Ali Alizadeh, this bilingual edition is a groundbreaking collection of poems presenting the wealth of poetic voices from one of the world's most vital literary cultures. The book covers poetry from the early Middle Ages to the Modernists and Postmodernists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The Poetry of Iranian Women

Author : Sheema Kalbasi
Publisher : The Poetry of Iranian Women
ISBN 13 : 144210709X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book The Poetry of Iranian Women written by Sheema Kalbasi and published by The Poetry of Iranian Women. This book was released on 2009 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real and groundbreaking, this anthology edited by Sheema Kalbasi is a breathtaking collection of Iranian women's poems and is an event not to be missed. The Poetry of Iranian Women is full of passionate and vital poems that speak of universal themes with grace, craft, sensual imagery, and sociopolitical angst. This compendium affords a wonderful opportunity to learn what is being written today by women of this ancient Persian culture of the Mid-East cradle of civilization. --Daniela Gioseffi.

An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry

Author : Elham Gordi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999475515
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry written by Elham Gordi and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Anthology of Modern Persian Poetry Modern Persian Poetry selected by Elham Gordi and Kourosh Beigpour. Edited by Ehsan Yarshater. Works by contemporary Persian poets.

Belonging

Author : Niloufar Talebi
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781556437120
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (371 download)

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Download or read book Belonging written by Niloufar Talebi and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent political developments, including the shadow of a new war, have obscured the fact that Iran has a long and splendid artistic tradition ranging from the visual arts to literature. Western readers may have some awareness of the Iranian novel thanks to a few breakout successes like Reading Lolita in Tehran and My Uncle Napoleon, but the country's strong poetic tradition remains little known. This anthology remedies that situation with a rich selection of recent poetry by Iranians living all around the world, including Amir-Hossein Afrasiabi: “Although the path / tracks my footsteps, / I don’t travel it / for the path travels me.” Varying dramatically in style, tone, and theme, these expertly translated works include erotic divertissements by Ziba Karbassi, rigorously formal poetry by Yadollah Royaii, experimental poems by Naanaam, powerful polemics by Maryam Huleh, and the personal-epic work of Shahrouz Rashid. Eclectic and accessible, these vibrant poems deepen the often limited awareness of Iranian identity today by not only introducing readers to contemporary Iranian poetry, but also expanding the canon of significant writing in the Persian language. Belonging offers a glimpse at a complex culture through some of its finest literary talents.

Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora

Author : Christopher Nelson
Publisher : Green Linden Press
ISBN 13 : 099922638X
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora written by Christopher Nelson and published by Green Linden Press. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Essential Voices series intends to bridge English-language readers to cultures misunderstood and under- or misrepresented. It has at its heart the ancient idea that poetry can reveal our shared humanity. The anthology features 130 poets and translators from ten countries, including Garous Abdolmalekian, Kaveh Akbar, Kazim Ali, Reza Baraheni, Kaveh Bassiri, Simin Behbahani, Mark S. Burrows, Athena Farrokhzad, Forugh Farrokhzad, Persis Karim, Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Sara Khalili, Mimi Khalvati, Esmail Khoi, Abbas Kiarostami, Fayre Makeig, Anis Mojgani, Yadollah Royai, Amir Safi, SAID, H.E. Sayeh, Roger Sedarat, Sohrab Sepehri, Ahmad Shamlu, Solmaz Sharif, Niloufar Talebi, Jean Valentine, Stephen Watts, Sholeh Wolpé, Nima Yushij, and many others. Praise Between arm-flexing states, the U.S. and Iran, the past burns and the future is held hostage. In a twilight present tense, the poets emerge, sure-footed and graceful, imagining another way, another vision of being. The range of these Iranian poets is prodigious and dizzying. Sometimes they "consider the saga of a bee / humming over minefields / in pursuit of a flower," sometimes they "bring your lips near / and pour your voice / into my mouth." Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora is a place where heartbreak and hope gather. At the shores of language, drink this bracing, slaking music. —Philip Metres, author of Shrapnel Maps Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and its Diaspora takes the extraordinary position that poetic arts from the homeland and diaspora should be read alongside each other. This vital book invites English-language readers to step into a lineage and tradition where poems—from playful to elegiac, prosaic to ornate—are fundamental to everyday living. It is the kind of book that requires two copies: one to give to a beloved, and one to keep for oneself. —Neda Maghbouleh, author of The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and Its Diaspora offers a profoundly satisfying journey into the poetic canon of my homeland—an anthology with an ambition, expanse, depth, and diversity that truly earns its essential tag. So many poets I was hoping would be in here are here, from contemporary icons to new luminaries, plus I got to explore several poets I had never before read. Everyone from students of poetry to masters of the form should take this ride through the soul and psyche of Iran, which endures no matter where the border, beyond whatever the boundary! —Porochista Khakpour, author of Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity Iranians rely on poetry to give comfort, elevate the ordinary, and illuminate the darkness. Essential Voices: Poetry of Iran and its Diaspora layers the work of the masters with fresh voices, using sensual imagery to piece together a society fractured by revolution, war, and exile. Let the poets lead you into an Iran beyond the news reports—a place where tenderness and humor and bitterness and melancholia balance together like birds on a wire, intricately connected and poised to take flight. —Tara Bahrampour, author of To See and See Again: A Life in Iran and America

Piercing Pearls: the Complete Anthology of Persian Poetry, Volume Two

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781481024129
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Piercing Pearls: the Complete Anthology of Persian Poetry, Volume Two written by Paul Smith and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ~*~PIERCING PEARLS~*~The Complete Anthology of Persian Poetry: Volume TwoCourt, Sufi, Dervish, Satirical, Ribald, Prison & Social Poetry from the 14th to the 20th century.Translations & Introduction by Paul SmithThis 2 volume anthology is the largest of Persian Poetry published. The introduction contains a history and explanation of all forms used, a short history of Persian, Sufism in Persian Poetry, glossary of Sufi symbols and a Bibliography. With each poet is a brief biography. The rhyme-structures have been kept and beauty and meaning of these beautiful, often mystical poems. THE POETS: Humam, Amir Khusraw, Nizam ud-din, Hasan Dilhavi, Simnani, Auhadi, Ibn Yamin, Khaju, Obeyd Zakani, Emad, Salman, Shahin, Hafiz, Ruh Attar, Haydar, Azad, Junaid Shirazi, Jahan Khatun, Shah Shuja, Kamal, Maghribi, Bushaq, Kasim Anwar, Shah Ni'matu'llah, Shah Da'i, Jami, Ahli, Helali, Fighani, Babur, Lisani, Humayan, Kamran, Ghazali, Kahi, Vashi, Akbar, Urfi, Brahmin, Rahim, Hayati, Ulfati, Baha'i, Kalim, Dara Shikoh, Sarmad, Sa'ib, Nasir Ali, Makhfi, Bedil, Mushtaq, Hatif, Niyaz, Visal, Surida, Munis 'Ali Shah, Furughi, Qa'ani, Tahirah, Safa, Iqbal, Khadim, Ishqi, Lotfali Suratgar, Parvin, Khalili, Rahi, Simin, Mehdi Hamidi, Nurbaksh. Pages 481. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'.“It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance.” Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. “Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz.” Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith is a poet, author, translator of over 80 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and others, plus poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays.