Omar Hayyam (1048–1131) — velikiy persidskiy poet, filosof i uchyonyy, neosporimyy klassik mirovoy liriki. Na protyazhenii vsey svoey zhizni on pisal stihotvornye aforizmy, rubai, v kotoryh otrazhal sokrovennye mysli o lyubvi i nenavisti, dobre i zle, sudbe i roke. Znamenitye rubayat, zastavlyayuschie zadumatsya o zhizni i posmeyatsya nad bespomoschnostyu cheloveka v borbe s samim soboy, ostayutsy...