Poets
Lyrics of Ascent
Poetry and the Platonic Tradition – An Anthology
List of Poets
The names of the poets represented in the Anthology are listed here in alphabetical order, followed by the names of the contributors who selected their works for citation (S), introduced them (I) and / or translated them (T).
Abu Tammam (807-845), Stefan Sperl (S, I, T)
Arida, Nasib (1887-1946), Robin Ostle (S, I, T)
Asaf Hâlet Çelebi (1907-1958), Neslihan Demirkol & Mehmet Kalpaklıι (S, I, T)
Avicenna, see Ibn Sina
Azar Kayvan (d.c. 1609-1618), Carl Ernst (S, I, T)
Baqli, Ruzbihan (1128-1209), Kazuyo Murata (S, I, T)
Boethius (c. 477-524 AD), Stefan Sperl (S)
Buonarotti, Michelangelo (1475-1564), Abigail Brundin (S, I)
Caʿfer Çelebi (1459-1515), Walter Andrews (S, T), Yorgos Dedes (I)
Cavafy, C.P. (1863-1933), David Ricks (S, I, T)
Christodoros of Coptos (fl. 495), David Hernández de la Fuente (S, I)
Colonna, Vittoria (1492-1547), Abigail Brundin (S, I, T)
Dante (1265-1321), Cristina d’Ancona (S)
Dar’i, Moses ben Abraham (mid 12th century), Joachim Yeshaya (S, I, T)
Delphic Oracle on Plotinus, cited by Porphyry (c. 234–c. 305 AD), David Hernández de la Fuente (S)
Donne, John (1572–1631), John Roe (S)
Duncan, Robert (1919-1988), Andrew Key (S)
Elahi, Bijan (1945-2010), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (S, T)
Farrokhzad, Forough (1935-1967), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (S, T)
Fray Luis de León (1527-1591), Colin P. Thompson (S, I, T)
Fuzûlî (1494-1556), Yorgos Dedes (S, I, T)
Garcilaso de la Vega (1498-1536), Colin P. Thompson (S, I)
George of Pisidia (fl. 620), David Hernández de la Fuente (S, I)
Gregory of Nazianzus (330–390)
Guzmán, Catalina Clara Ramírez de (1611-1684), Julian Weiss (S, I, T)
Hafez (1315-1390), Stefan Sperl (S)
Halevi, Judah (1075-1141), Adena Tanenbaum (S, T)
Hallaj, al- (858-922), Alexander Key (S, T), Stefan Sperl (I)
Ha-Rofe, Aaron ben Joseph (late 13th–early 14th century), Joachim Yeshaya (S, I, T)
Hayâlî (1500-1557), Walter Andrews (S, T), Yorgos Dedes (I)
Ibn Arabi (1165-1240), Stefan Sperl (S, I, T)
Ibn Gabirol, Solomon (1021-1070), Adena Tanenbaum (S)
Ibn Sina (980-1037), Stefan Sperl (S, I,T)
John of Gaza (fl. 550), David Hernández de la Fuente (S, I)
Joseph ben Samuel (late 17th century), Joachim Yeshaya (S, I, T)
Karakoç, Sezai (b. 1933), Neslihan Demirkol & Mehmet Kalpaklı, (S, I)
Keskin, Birhan (b. 1963), Neslihan Demirkol & Mehmet Kalpaklı (S, I)
Kiarostami, Abbas (1940-2016), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (S, I, T)
Lorenzatos, Zissimos (1915-2004), David Ricks (S, I, T)
Matar, Muhammad Afifi (1935-2010), Ferial Ghazoul (S, I, T)
Mihri Hatun (d. c. 1512), Didem Havlioğlu (S, I, T)
Montale, Eugenio (1896-1981), Peter Robinson (S, I, T)
More, Henry (1614–1687), John Roe (S)
Necatigil, Behçet (1916-1979), Neslihan Demirkol & Mehmet Kalpaklıι (S, I)
Nonnos of Panopolis (fl. 470), David Hernández de la Fuente (S, I)
Nu‘ayma, Mikha’il (1889-1988), Robin Ostle (S, I, T)
Palamas, Kostis (1859-1943), David Ricks (S, I, T)
Paul the Silentiary (fl. 560), David Hernández de la Fuente (S, I)
Plethon, George Gemistus (1355-1452), David Hernández de la Fuente (S, I)
Proclus of Athens (c. 412-485), David Hernández de la Fuente (S, I)
Psellos, Michael (c. 1018-1078), David Hernández de la Fuente (S, I)
Quevedo, Francisco (1580-1645), Colin P. Thompson (S, I)
Rabi‘a al-Adawiyya (713-801), Stefan Sperl (S, I)
Rodríguez Fer, Claudio (b. 1956), Stefan Sperl (S), Claudio Rodríguez Fer (S, I)
Rumi, Jalal al-Din (1207-1273), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (S)
San Juan de la Cruz (1542-1591), Colin P. Thompson (S, I, T)
Sayyidna Taher Sayfuddin (1935-2010), Tahera & Aziz Qutbuddin (S, I, T)
Sepehri, Sohrap (1930-1980), Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak (S, T)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792–1822), John Roe (S)
Shushtari, al- (1212-1269), Stefan Sperl (S, I)
Sor Juana de la Cruz (1651-1695), Julian Weiss (S, I)
Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022), David Hernández de la Fuente (S, I)
Valente, José Ángel (1929-2000), Claudio Rodríguez Fer (S, I)
Wordsworth, William (1770–1850), John Roe (S)
Yavuz, Hilmi (b. 1936), Neslihan Demirkol & Mehmet Kalpaklı (S, I)