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WRITER

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, translator, and writer. He was a scholar and 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, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Sanskrit literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of D. T. Suzuki has received more than 583,976 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). D. T. Suzuki is the 1,044th most popular writer (down from 1,021st in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Japan (down from 175th in 2019) and the 20th 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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  • 580k

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  • 60.68

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, D. T. Suzuki ranks 1,044 out of 5,755Before him are Sonia Rykiel, Ellen Key, Bharata Muni, Khachatur Abovian, Robert de Montesquiou, and Natalie Clifford Barney. After him are Meša Selimović, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Ernst Barlach, Fredric Brown, Edmund Spenser, and Mori Ōgai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, D. T. Suzuki ranks 30Before him are Sigfrid Edström, Georgy Gapon, Pierre Louÿs, Sophia of Prussia, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, and Charlotte Cooper. After him are Ernst Barlach, Bernard Baruch, Louis Vierne, Jan Smuts, Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Nariman Narimanov. Among people deceased in 1966, D. T. Suzuki ranks 37Before him are Herbert Gille, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Alfred Naujocks, Elizabeth Arden, Gino Severini, and Charlotte Cooper. After him are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Hannes Kolehmainen, Cléo de Mérode, Ludwig Binswanger, Frank Lentini, and Erwin Piscator.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, D. T. Suzuki ranks 198 out of 6,048Before him are Emperor Seimu (83), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Shohei Imamura (1926), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Yohji Yamamoto (1943), and Kawakami Gensai (1834). After him are Masao Nozawa (null), Katsura Tarō (1848), Mori Ōgai (1862), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Emperor Chūai (149), and Empress Jingū (169).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, D. T. Suzuki ranks 20Before him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Kōbō Abe (1924), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Edogawa Ranpo (1894), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), and Shoko Asahara (1955). After him are Mori Ōgai (1862), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Yosa Buson (1716), Shūsaku Endō (1923), and Yosano Akiko (1878).