D. T. Suzuki
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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- Born in
- Hondamachi
- Educated at
- University of Tokyo
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- 🏆 Order of Culture🏆 Person of Cultural Merit
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1870
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