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D. T. Suzuki

1870 - 1966

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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (鈴木 大拙 貞太郎, Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō; 18 October 1870 – 12 July 1966), self-rendered in 1894 as Daisetz, 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 (and in Far Eastern philosophy in general) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. D. T. Suzuki is the 1,110th most popular writer (down from 1,039th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Japan (down from 214th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Japanese Writer.

D.T. Suzuki is most famous for his translations of Buddhist texts and his interpretations of Zen Buddhism.

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Among writers, D. T. Suzuki ranks 1,110 out of 7,302. Before him are Juan Rulfo, Roberto Bolaño, Publilius Syrus, Roger Zelazny, Alexander Kielland, and Alexander Ostrovsky. After him are Herodian, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Len Deighton, Nikolai Leskov, and Jeff Lindsay.

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Among people born in 1870, D. T. Suzuki ranks 34. Before him are Georgy Gapon, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Major Ritchie, Pierre Louÿs, Ernst Barlach, and Reginald Lee. After him are Charlotte Cooper, E. M. Antoniadi, Louis Vierne, Helge von Koch, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov. Among people deceased in 1966, D. T. Suzuki ranks 37. Before him are Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Carlo Carrà, Alfred Naujocks, and Brian O'Nolan. After him are Alexander von Falkenhausen, Charlotte Cooper, Hannes Kolehmainen, Battista Farina, Gino Severini, and Herbert Gille.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, D. T. Suzuki ranks 264 out of 6,245. Before him are Masahiro Hamazaki (1940), Empress Jingū (169), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Setsu Sawagata (null), Ichirou Mizuki (1948), and Kenzo Ohashi (1934). After him are Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Eizo Yuguchi (1945), Masanori Tokita (1925), Shumpei Inoue (null), Kikuzo Kisaka (null), and Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, D. T. Suzuki ranks 21. Before him are Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Masaru Emoto (1943), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Shoko Asahara (1955), Yosa Buson (1716), and Mori Ōgai (1862). After him are Sugawara no Michizane (845), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Ono no Komachi (825), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Ihara Saikaku (1642), and Kenji Miyazawa (1896).

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