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Alain Daniélou

French historian, musicologist and Indologist (1907-1994) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 86

Alain Daniélou was a French historian, Indologist, intellectual, musicologist, translator, writer and convert to and scholar of the Shaivite branch of Hinduism.

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Broquette-Gonin prize1972
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Officer of the National Order of Merit

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Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1994 · aged 86