Nevit O Ergin Translator

Nevit O. Ergin is the English translator of the complete Divan-i Kebir--all 44,829 verses of Rumi’s opus. He is the author of Tales of a Modern Sufi and coauthor, with Will Johnson, of The Forbidden Rumi and The Rubais of Rumi. A Turkish-born surgeon, Ergin has been an initiate in the Itlak path of Sufism under the tutelage of Sufi master Hasan Lutfi Shushud since 1955. He lives in California.