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Jean-Noël Robert

French writer and professor¹

Jean-Noël Alexandre Robert (born 30 December 1949) is a French orientalist, specialist of the history of Buddhism in Japan and of its Chinese predecessors. His work particularly focus on Tendai and the philology of Sino-Japanese Buddhist texts.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Jean-Noël Robert (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Dec 30, 1949.¹

About

He is the author of the French translation of the Lotus Sutra, a seminal text of Mahayana Buddhism, from the original Chinese.

In 2011, he was appointed a professor at the Collège de France to become the holder of the chair Philologie de la civilisation japonaise.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jean-Noël Robert, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-LettresChair 2019 to now¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedInstitut national des langues et civilisations orientales³
Date not recordedÉcole nationale des langues orientales vivantes³

Career

Occupation: university teacher, japanologist, writer, orientalist.⁸

Since 2019Chair, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres⁷
2011 to 2022Professor, Collège de France^{4 5}
Date not recordedWorked at École pratique des hautes études⁴
Date not recordedPresident, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres⁶

Personal life

BornDec 30, 1949, Paris⁹
CitizenshipFrance¹⁰

Awards

2024Officer of the National Order of Merit¹¹
2011Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star^{11 12}
Date not recordedCommander of the French Order of Academic Palms¹¹
Date not recordedKnight of the Legion of Honour¹¹
Date not recordedKnight of the National Order of Merit¹¹

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WikidataJean-Noël Robert: President, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, on Wikidata
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WikidataJean-Noël Robert: Chair, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataAcadémie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Chair
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