Chinese and Tibetan Societies Through Folk Literature

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Priyadarsi Mukherji

Priyadarsi Mukherji (born 1962 in Calcutta, India): A poet and a polyglot since childhood. Educated at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and later specialized in modern Chinese literature at Fudan University, Shanghai; and in folklore and folk literature at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. He won the first prize at the international Chinese Speech Contest at Shanghai in 1986. Teaching Chinese language, and culture at JNU since 1989. Obtained his Ph.D. at the School of International Studies, JNU. Served as the Chairperson of the Centre for Chinese and South-East Asian Studies, JNU-1996-1998, 2000-2002. His published works include: Poems of Lu Hsun (in Bengali), 1991; Contemporary Chinese Versed (in Hindi), 1998; Chinese and Tibetan Societies through Folk literature, 1999; Poems and Fabies of Ai Ch'ing (in Bengali), 2000. He is also the main contributor to a trillingual (Greek-English-Hindi) edition of Twelve Greek Peoms (2001) with his Hindi translation, sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has also published a number of articles on varied subjects related to China and intercultural studies both in Indian and Chinese journals. In 1997, he was appointed an honorary adviser to the Scholars' and Artists' Club, Beijing and also as an Oriental Studies adviser to the Dunhuang Pan-Asiatic Centre for Cultural and Art Exchanges, Beijing. In 1998, he went on an academic trip to Taiwan. In 2002, he become the first Indian recipient of the China Cultural Research Scholarship.

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Title
Chinese and Tibetan Societies Through Folk Literature
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8170950732
Length
xxx+415p., 23cm.
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