Geert Jan van Gelder

Geert Jan van Gelder was Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford from 1998 to 2012. He has written several books on classical Arabic literature in addition to translating classical Arabic poetry and prose into Dutch and into English. He has translated and edited two volumes for the Library of Arabic Literature thus far: A Library of Arabic Literature Anthology, the first book brought out by LAL, and the Epistle of Forgiveness Volume One: A Vision of Heaven and Hell, which he worked on with Gregor Schoeler.