Bart van Es (born 7 June 1972, Ede, Netherlands) is a literary critic and writer.
He is a professor of English at the University of Oxford, where he is also a senior tutor and pro-Master of St Catherine's College.
[1][2][3] Van Es was born in the Netherlands and lived in Norway, Dubai and Indonesia before his family settled in the United Kingdom in 1986.
The book tells the true story of Lien de Jong, who as a young Jewish girl was fostered by van Es's grandparents for safety in the occupied Netherlands in 1942.
[8] In 2024, following the retirement of Kersti Börgars, Van Es became the temporary pro-Master of St. Catherine's College until a replacement master could be found.