D. T. Suzuki

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (born 18 October 1870 - died 12 July 1966) was a Japanese author of books about Zen and Shin Buddhism. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities, and devoted many years to a professorship at Ōtani University, a Japanese Buddhist school.