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Biography of Nathalie truveroy

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Nathalie Trouveroy is an art historian who came in limelight because of her translated work ' City of Djinns', a book by William Dalrymple. She is the wife of Belgian ambassador to India. She has travelled various cities of the world with her husband. She holds a Master’s degree in history of art and archaeology from university of Belgium.She is an accomplished translator of catalogues and art books from Dutch into different European languages. She has also learnt calligraphy, from Yu Quilong, who is a direct descendant of a seventh century royal calligrapher

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Nathalie Trouveroy, the wife of the Belgian Ambassador to India, is an art historian. Recently she and her friend Agnes Montanari translated William Dalrymple's masterpiece on Delhi, 'City of Djinns' in pictures.
"As an art historian, I had read many books on Delhi written by authors like French naturalist Francois Bernier, Ibn Battuta and Khushwant Singh. But Agnes and I chose Dalrymple's work because we wanted to explore India from the contemporary foreigner's point of view," says Nathalie, who is among the most popular wives of envoys to India.
A sleek coffee table book of black-and-white pictures of Delhi, inspired by the City of Djinns by Nathalie and Agnes has become an art collector's item. Nathalie is keen to continue her tryst with old Delhi, especially the architecture of Jama Masjid and Chandni Chowk, a part of the city that has much to offer particularly with its interface between the present and the past.
Nathalie who has done her Masters in the history of art and archaeology, with a specialization in Japanese art from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, is pained at the eroding heritage of Delhi. " The problem is that Delhites don't have a sense of belonging," she says and adds, " A majority of people staying in Delhi are migrants from pre-partitioned Punjab or from states like Bihar or Southern India. A need to preserve the heritage is missing."
Nathalie has been imbibing the cultures of the various cities she visits. When her husband was posted in China, she learnt calligraphy, from Yu Quilong, direct descendant of a seventh century royal calligrapher.
 
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