Juan Arnau

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Juan Arnau

Juan Arnau in 2016.
Native name Juan María Arnau Navarro
Born (1968-04-28) April 28, 1968
 Spain, Valencia
Occupation Writer, teacher
Nationality Spanish
Genre Eastern philosophies and religions

Juan Arnau (Valencia, April 28, 1968), Spanish philosopher and essayist, a specialist in Eastern philosophies and religions.

Biography

After a few years working as a sailor and several trips to Africa, Juan Arnau studied Astrophysics at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he graduated in 1994.

He traveled to India in 1995, with a fellwship from the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) and at the University of Varanasi (Banaras Hindu University, BHU), began his studies of Indian philosophy and culture with the Catalan Sanskritist Oscar Pujol.

From India he went to Mexico, where he did his PhD at the Centre for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México, studying Sanskrit with Rashik Vihari Joshi.

After its completion he was established in Ann Arbor (Michigan), where he remained six years, making his postdoctoral research in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures of the University of Michigan, with Luis Ó. Gomez, meanwhile he was teaching Spanish and Latin American Literature and Cinema in the Department of Romance Languages.

Currently a researcher at the Institute of History of Medicine and Science López Piñero (CSIC-University of Valencia) and associate professor at the University of Barcelona.[1]

Bibliography

Critical editions

Juan Arnau has made critical editions, translated directly from Sanskrit philosophical treatises of Nāgārjuna:

He has translated the Bhagavad Gita:

He has also translated:

Works of the author

Among his published essays are the following titles:

Awards

References

  1. "Entrevista a Juan Arnau". yogaenred. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. CLAVE. "Acta ganadores XXXIV Premios de la Crítica Literaria Valenciana". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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