Gendun Chompel or Gendün Chöphel (1903-1951) was a Tibetan scholar, thinker, writer, poet, linguist, and artist. He was born in 1903 in Shompongshe, Rebkong, Amdo. He was a creative and controversial figure and is considered by many to have been one of the most important Tibetan intellectuals of the twentieth century.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1951 · aged 48
Written about in
13 languages
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