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100 0 $aDge-ʼdun-chos-ʼphel,$cA-mdo,$d1903-1951.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80107039
245 10 $aIn the forest of faded wisdom :$b104 poems by Gendun Chopel, a bilingual edition /$cedited and translated by Donald S. Lopez Jr.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2009.
300 $avii, 191 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aBuddhism and modernity
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520 1 $a"In a culture where poetry is considered the highest form of human language, Gendun Chopel is revered as Tibet's greatest modern poet. Born in 1903 as British troops were preparing to invade his homeland, Gendun Chopel was identified at an early age as the incarnation of a famous lama and became a Buddhist monk, excelling in the debating courtyards of the great monasteries of Tibet. At the age of thirty-one, he gave up his monk's vows and set off for India, where he would wander, often alone and impoverished, for over a decade. Returning to Tibet, he was arrested by the government of the young Dalai Lama on trumped-up charges of treason, emerging from prison three years later a broken man. He died in 1951 as troops of the People's Liberation Army marched into Lhasa." "In the Forest of Faded Wisdom is the first comprehensive collection of his ouevre in any language, assembling poems in both the original Tibetan and in English translation. These poems exhibit the technical skill - wordplay, puns, the ability to evoke moods of pathos and irony - for which Gendun Chopel was renowned and reveal the poet to be a consummate craftsman, skilled in both Tibetan and Indian politics."--BOOK JACKET.
546 $aPoems in English and Tibetan.
700 1 $aLopez, Donald S.,$cJr.,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85353987
830 0 $aBuddhism and modernity.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0825/2008034772.html
852 00 $beal$hPL3748.D4$iA2 2009