Author:Edward FitzGerald

For authors with similar names, see Author:Edward Fitzgerald.

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Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883)

English writer and poet, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Edward FitzGerald

Works

• Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (translator)

Works about this author

• “Fitzgerald, Edward (1809-1883),” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.