Hafez
1325 – 1390 · Iran · Literature
Persia's beloved lyric poet; his divan is still consulted as an oracle.
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Who shaped Hafez, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Rumi
1207 – 1273 · Literature, Philosophy
Persian mystical lyric passes from Rumi's ecstatic mode into Hafez's ironic ghazal.
Passed the work to1
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 – 1832 · Literature, Biology
The West-Eastern Divan is Goethe's explicit answer to Hafez.
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