Twenty Questions - Game 61

[Jamiet99uk]

Is it a poet from Russia or the territory covered by the former USSR, Damo?

[damo666]

No

[damo666]

1. Dead man
2. Died before 01.01.2000
3. Not divorced
4. Not born in Europe
5. Real
6. Not a native English speaker
7. Not politician or military man
8. Not from South America
9. From Asia
10. Not an artist (including not being a performing artist of any kind)
11. Did not have a Doctorate
12. Has published writings
13. Died before 20th century
14. Not south Asian
15. Not Chinese
16. Not Japanese
17. Can be described as a poet
18. Not from anywhere that was part of USSR

2 left

Not Laozi [Szpoti]

Elabaration on Dr answer - consider Plato or Archimdes, they did not have doctorates because of the era in which they lived but in the modern era you would expect them to have.

[Szpoti]

[...]
10. Not an artist (including not being a performing artist of any kind)
[...]
17. Can be described as a poet

I am confused by the answers to Q10 and Q17: not an artist, yet a poet.

[Szpoti]

Confusion around the artistic and scientific elements makes me think of an ancient figure. I've used up my free guess, so this one will be counted as the 19th question:

Avicenna?

[JECE]

I bet that Avicenna is correct.

[damo666]

Confusion around the artistic and scientific elements makes me think of an ancient figure. I've used up my free guess, so this one will be counted as the 19th question:

Avicenna?

No

[damo666]

Excellent guess though.

[DougJoe]

Free Guess: Omar Khayyam - a Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, but not really an "artist".

[damo666]

Free Guess: Omar Khayyam - a Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, but not really an "artist".

Correct. Well done.

Unlucky Szpoti, right era, right geography and right sort of person.

[Hamish]

Omar Khayyam

Correct. Well done.

I had given up a while ago, but usually I vaguely remember hearing the name. This one, no clue.

[damo666]

Omar Khayyam

Correct. Well done.

I had given up a while ago, but usually I vaguely remember hearing the name. This one, no clue.

Perhaps your more familiar with him under his real name - Ghiyath al Din Abu al Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Nisaburi?

[DougJoe]

He also considered himself to be a student of Avicenna (whom I had actually never heard of). I'll start game 62 later this morning.

[JECE]

But why would he necessarily have had a doctorate in the modern era?

[DougJoe]

But why would he necessarily have had a doctorate in the modern era?

I'm guessing because of (at least) some of the math he did, which was revolutionary for its time?

[Jamiet99uk]

Correct. Well done.

I had given up a while ago, but usually I vaguely remember hearing the name. This one, no clue.

Perhaps your more familiar with him under his real name - Ghiyath al Din Abu al Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Nisaburi?

Oh, that guy. Round here we all just used to call him "Persian Dave".