Sōiku Shigematsu
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Sōiku Shigematsu's Degrees
- PhD Buddhist Studies Kyoto University
- Masters Religious Studies Imperial University of Japan
- Bachelors Philosophy Kyoto University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sōiku Shigematsu is a Japanese priest of Myoshin-ji branch of Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism, abbot of Shōgen-ji Temple in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, author and translator of books and essays on Zen that were instrumental in spreading interest in Zen literary tradition to the West in the latter half of the 20th century. Shigematsu taught English literature at Shizuoka University also visiting the United States on several occasions, most notably in 1985-6 as a Fulbright scholar. He won the Jerome J. Shestack Poetry Prize from The American Poetry Review in 1987.
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