About the Author
Patrick Laude was born on December 23, 1958 in Lannemezan, Hautes Pyrénées, France, of Gascon and Basque stock. He took an undergraduate degree in History and a graduate degree in Philosophy at Paris-Sorbonne while being a Fellow at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris (1979-1982). His academic career took him to the United States where he obtained a PhD in French literature in 1985, specializing in poetry and mystical literature. He is the author of numerous articles and several books dealing with the relationship between mysticism, symbolism and literature, as well as important spiritual figures such as Jeanne Guyon, Simone Weil, Louis Massignon and Frithjof Schuon. His works include Approches du Quiétisme (Tübingen, 1992), Massignon intérieur (L'Age d'Homme, Paris-Lausanne, 2001), The Way of Poetry (Oneonta Philosophy Studies, New York, 2001) and, as co-editor, Dossier H Frithjof Schuon (L'Age d'Homme,Paris-Lausanne, 2001). He has been on the Faculty of Georgetown University, in Washington DC, since 1991.
