The Shahnameh by the poet Ferdowsi is the longest poem written by a single poet.

Library Talks: Hamid Rahmanian with Ahmad Sadri and Melissa Hibbard, ‘Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings’

Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings

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In this episode of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nypl.org/blog/all?channel=760" rel="nofollow">Library Talks</a>, collaborators Ahmad Sadri, Hamid Rahmanian and Melissa Hibbard discuss the 11th century Persian epic poem&nbsp;Shahnameh&nbsp;and their new translation of it&nbsp;Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings.&nbsp;
The Shahnameh, or&nbsp;The Book of Kings by the poet Ferdowsi is the longest poem written by a single poet, tracing Persian collective memory from its mythic origins through the Arab Conquest of the 7th century. Persian-speaking people of all ages across the Middle East and South Asia can recite lines from it by heart to this day.