Alois van Tongerloo

Alois van Tongerloo was a Belgian author and scholar specializing in Iranian studies and Manichaean texts. He edited academic works such as 'The Buddha's First Encounter in a Manichaean Old Turkic Text' with Luigi Cirillo and co-edited 'Medioiranica' with Wojciech Skalmowski, and also wrote literary works including 'Ik was student ; Leuven, o dagen, schone dagen' (2005) and 'In die Nacht, zo schoon en stil' (1992).