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SAADI
(1184 - 1291)
POET - WRITER
Saadi
wrote poems in praise of the love of young men.
These
charming works had been altered by translators
into
paeans to young maidens. At his death, Saadi left
his entire fortune to the young men with whom he lived.
Saadi
depicted on 40 kopeck value. Registered at Balvi,
Soviet
Socialist Republic of Latvia, backstamped Marcy, NY, 22 May 1959.
Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983
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