Surname: Nev’i-Zāda Forename(s): ‘Atā’i b. 1583. d. 1635. Nationality: Ottoman. VIAF.
Poet, biographer, and judge. Educated by his father, and entered legal profession
as a judge. Author of several poems including “The Converse of Virgins,” “The Seven
Trays,” and “The Breath of Flowers.” Biographical information: E. J. W. Gibb, Ottoman Poems: Translated Into English Verse in the Original Forms, with Introduction,
Biographical Notices, and Notes, Trübner & Company, 1882, pp. 207-208. (SCM)