Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam Author:rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald OMAR KHAYYAM was an eleventh century Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer. Renowned in his own time for his scientific achievements, his fame was reborn in the nineteenth century when Edward Fitzgerald published a translation of his "rubaiyat" (quatrains in a style popular among Persian intellectuals of his day.) Thogh Fitzgerald happily ... more »confessed to taking liberties with Khayyam's verse, he brilliantly captured their timeless wisdom and passion. Khayyam died in the early twelfth century.« less