Nizami Ganjavi

Nezami also Nizami (Persian نظامی گنجوی - Nezami -e Gandschawī, real name: Elyas Ebn -e Yusef, full name: Nezam al- Dīn Abū Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Elyas Zakī ibn Mu'ayyid; * to 1141 Ganja (nowadays Azerbaijan), † 1205 or 1209) was a Persian poet.

Life

Nezami Ra'isa mother was a Kurd. From his father Yusuf is believed that his family came from Qom. Nezami orphaned early and was brought up by his maternal uncle, Chwadscha Umar. Nezami married three times.

Nezami was a favorite of the ruling Seldschukenfürsten. About his life, which he spent up on a trip to his native city of Ganja, little is known. In addition to the literature Nezami was well versed in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, jurisprudence, history, philosophy, music and the arts. His students gave him the nickname Hakim ( German Weiser, doctor).

Reception

UNESCO declared the year 1991 Nezami - year.

Works

Nezami main work is the Chamse ( "Five " ) or the " five treasures", which consists of five epics:

• Machzan ol Asrār ( مخزن الاسرار ) "The Treasure of Secrets ", a didactic poem.
• Khosrow and Shirin ( خسرو و شيرين ) A romantic epic that has the love of the Persian king Khosrow Shirin to the subject.
• Laili and Majnun ( ليلى و مجنون ) Romantic epic love of Majnun to the beautiful Leila besingend.
• Eskandar name ( اسكندر نامه ) " Alexander's book ," a fabulously embellished story of Alexander the Great in two parts, a more epic and didactic, in which, inter alia, the wisdom of the conqueror praised.
• Detention Peykar ( هفت پيكر ) " The seven portraits " or "The Seven Beauties", a collection of seven short stories in poetic form, including the well-known by Gozzi and Schiller tale of Turandot.

In addition, Nezami wrote another sofa with odes and poems that will contain 28000 Distiche.

Expenditure

• The seven stories of seven princesses. Manesseplatz, Zurich 2002. ISBN 3-7175-1316-8
• Layla and Majnun. Manesseplatz, Zurich 2004. ISBN 3-7175-1314-1
• The Alexander book. Iskandarname. Manesseplatz, Zurich 1991. ISBN 3-7175-1810-0
• Khosrow and Shirin. Übers v. Johann Christoph Biirgel; Manesseplatz, Zurich 1980 ISBN 3-7175-1590- X New edition, revised and provided with 12 Persian miniatures, Manesseplatz, Zurich 2010 ISBN 978-3-7175-2204-1

Reception

• Eric Clapton / Derek and the Dominos: Layla (1970, title song from Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs )
• Horst Lohse: Epitaph for Nizami ( 1976-78 ). Preludes for large orchestra. UA November 26, 1979 Coburg (orchestra of the State Theatre, Conductor: Reinhard Petersen )

• Horst Lohse ( libretto and music): The Adventures of beautiful Mahan. Ballet in four parts. 1st version (1979 /80) with piano 4 hands and percussion ( 2 players ). UA October 10, 2007 Nuremberg ( Tafelhalle; Klangkonzepte Ensemble of the New Pegnitz shepherds ). 2 / 3 Version ( 1980-83 ) with orchestra. Version 4 (2004/ 05): Mahan, with chamber ensemble ( editing by Sorin Petrescu ). UA July 1, 2005 Bamberg (ETA Hoffmann Theatre, Ballet of the Opera Timişoara)
• Peter Schneider and Aras Oren ( libretto ) / Detlev Glanert ( music): Leyla and Medjnun. Fairy tales for music. UA May 28, 1988 Munich ( Gasteig, Carl- Orff-Saal, in the first Munich Biennale )
• Layla and Majnun, musical theater, libretto by Albert Osterhaus Maier, Composition: Samir Odeh- Tamimi; UA: 2010 Ruhr Triennale, Centennial Hall Bochum

• Isa Guseinov and Eldar Kulijew (writer) / Eldar Kulijew (director): Nizami. Feature Film (Azerbaijan 1982 with Müslüm Maqomayev in the title role)