About the Author

Christine van Ruymbeke (foreword) is Ali Reza and Muhamed Soudavar Reader in Persian Literature and Culture at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge. She works on classical (medieval and pre-modern) Persian literature and has published extensively on a variety of topics related to Persian literature. Her latest monograph takes a fresh look at Persian animal fables: Kashefi’s Anvar-e Sohayli. Rewriting Kalila and Dimna in Timurid Herat, published in 2016.