Nizami Ganjavi Day · Ruz-e Nezami

Culture of origin: Iranian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Iran

Nizami Ganjavi (c. 1141–1209) is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. Born in Ganja, now in the Republic of Azerbaijan, he spent his whole life in the South Caucasus; he was not a court poet, so little is known of him beyond his own verse. His works include Khosrow and Shirin, Layli and Majnun and the Haft Peykar.