Robin Kornman

Robin Kornman (1947–2007) is best known for his work as a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, as well as a founding member of the Nalanda Translation Committee. Up until his death, he spent many years working on this translation of the epic of Gesar. A longtime student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, he earned his PhD from Princeton University and was a professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He is the lead translator - alng with Lama Chonam, and Sangye Khandro - of The Epic of Gesar of Ling: Gesar's Magical Birth, Early Years and coronation as King.