Antoine Galland

Antoine Galland
Born	(1646-04-04)4 April 1646 Rollot, Picardy, Kingdom of France
Died	17 February 1715(1715-02-17) (aged 68) Caen, Normandy, Kingdom of France
Occupations	Orientalist archaeologist
Years active	1670–1715
Known for	First European translator of One Thousand and One Nights
Notable work	Les mille et une nuits

Antoine Galland (French: [ɑ̃twan ɡalɑ̃]; 4 April 1646 – 17 February 1715) was a French orientalist and archaeologist, most famous as the first European translator of One Thousand and One Nights, which he called Les mille et une nuits. His version of the tales appeared in twelve volumes between 1704 and 1717 and exerted a significant influence on subsequent European literature and attitudes to the Islamic world. Jorge Luis Borges has suggested that Romanticism began when his translation was first read.