Dge-ʼdun-chos-ʼphel: A Biography of the 20th Century Tibetan Scholar
The savant dGe- dun-chos- phel (1902-1951) was the first "modern" scholar of Tibet. He was the first who not only completed a traditional Tibetan education but who also was courageous enough to leave the monastic society travel abroad learn several new languages and deepen his knowledge by collaborating with scholars of different nationalities. dGe- dun-chos- phel was renowned in Tibet as a brilliant scholar a talented artist a highly gifted poet an excellent translator and a skillful dialectician. Yet he was also well-known for his non-conformity which turned him into a highly controversial figure in Tibetan society.
About Author
Irmgard Mengele received her PhD from the University of Hamburg. Her translation of Sherab Gyatso’s biography of Gendun Chopel entitled dGe’-‘dun-chos-‘phel: A Biography of the 20th-Century Tibetan Scholar was published by Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in 1999. She is also the author of Riding a Huge Wave of Karma: The Turbulent Life of the Tenth KarmaPa (Vajra Publications 2012). She currently teaches at the University of California Santa Barbara.
ISBN-10 : 8186470239
ISBN-13 : 978-8186470237