153 pp., 7 b&w photos, Tibetan text.
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DGE-'DUN-CHOS-'PHEL: A Biography of the 20th-Century Tibetan Scholar

by Irmgard Mengele

dGe-'dun-chos-'phel (1902-1951) completed a traditional Tibetan education, left the monastic society to travel abroad where he learned languages and deepened his knowledge. Renowned in Tibet as a brilliant scholar, a talented artist, a highly gifted poet, an excellent translator, and a skillful dialectician, he was controversial and well-known non-conformist. This scholarly presentation has a Tibetan and English biography and extensive bibliography.