Biography

Antoine Galland was born on April 6, 1646 in : Rollot, Somme, France. Antoine was a writer, known for Fiabe: Il tappeto magico (1958), World Fairy Tale Series (1994) and Aladdin (1992). Antoine died on February 17, 1715 in Paris, France.

French scholar, traveler, translator, orientalist, his translation of the Arabic Thousand and One Nights launched the orientalist phenomenon in Europe. The importance of his Syrian assistant Hanna Diyab in this endeavor has been subject of recent studies.