Willem Gerritsen, born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 1935. Ph.D. from Utrecht University. Professor of Medieval Dutch Literature at Utrecht University. († 2019)
Fellow (1 September 1991 – 30 June 1992)
My work at NIAS has been mainly concerned with oral aspects of medieval literature. I have concentrated on two problems, viz. ‘What happened to a (medieval) text when it was transmitted orally?’, and ‘What was the effect of oral delivery upon the wording of a (medieval) text?’