Suzuki, D. T.

PersonType	Category:Translators Category:Zen Buddhist Teachers Category:Professors Emeritus Category:Authors of English Works Category:Authors of Japanese Works
FirstName / namefirst	Daisetz
LastName / namelast	Suzuki
namemiddle	Teitaro
MainNamePhon	Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
bio	Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (鈴木 大拙 貞太郎 Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō; he rendered his name "Daisetz" in 1894;[1] 18 October 1870 – 12 July 1966[2]) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities, and devoted many years to a professorship at Otani University, a Japanese Buddhist school. (Source)
YearBirth	1870/10/18
YearDeath	1966/07/12
BornIn	Japan
languageprimary	Japanese
languagetranslation	Sanskrit; Chinese; Japanese
languagetarget	English; Japanese
affiliation	Otani University
affiliationsecondary	Eastern Buddhist Society
religiousaffiliation	Zen Buddhism
phduniversity	University of Tokyo
IsInGyatsa	No
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