{"id":382238,"date":"2026-05-13T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/?post_type=oorschot_writer&#038;p=382238"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:07:10","slug":"richard-van-leeuwen","status":"publish","type":"oorschot_writer","link":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/en\/writers\/richard-van-leeuwen\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard van Leeuwen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Richard van Leeuwen (1955) is vertaler van Arabische literatuur en was tot 2022 universitair docent islam aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Hij heeft veel gepubliceerd over de geschiedenis van het Midden-Oosten, Arabische literatuur en de islam. Naast moderne romans, verhalen en po\u00ebzie vertaalde hij <em>De vertellingen van duizend-en-een-nacht<\/em>. In 2019 verscheen bij Van Oorschot een selectie uit dit omvangrijke werk, met tekeningen van Floris Tilanus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard van Leeuwen (1955) is vertaler van Arabische literatuur en was tot 2022 universitair docent islam aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Hij heeft veel gepubliceerd over de geschiedenis van het Midden-Oosten, Arabische literatuur en de islam. Naast moderne romans, verhalen en po\u00ebzie vertaalde hij De vertellingen van duizend-en-een-nacht. 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