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D. T. Suzuki

Japanese Buddhist scholar, Doctor of Letters (1870-1966) · Japan · Academics · Died at 95

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Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki , was a Japanese essayist, philosopher, religious scholar, and translator. He was an authority on Buddhism, especially Zen and Shin, and was instrumental in spreading interest in these to the West. He was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Sanskrit literature.

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Person of Cultural Merit1951
Order of Culture1949

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Spouse: Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki

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Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki , was a Japanese essayist, philosopher, religious scholar, and translator. He was an authority on Buddhism, especially Zen and Shin, and was instrumental in spreading interest in these to the West. He was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Sanskrit literature. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities and devoted many years to a professorship at Ōtani University, a Japanese university of the Ōtani School of Jōdo Shinshū.

Country
Japan
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1966 · aged 95

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