Louis-Frederic Nussbaum (1923 ? 1996), also known as Louis Frederic or Louis-Frederic , was a French scholar , art historian , writer , translator and editor . ^[1] He was a specialist in the cultures of Asia, especially India and Japan .

Early life [ change | change source ]

Louis-Frederic was born in Paris in 1923. He studied at the Sorbonne and the Ecole pratique des hautes etudes .

Career [ change | change source ]

Louis-Frederic wrote many books on India, Japan and Southeast Asia.

He was the editor of the 10-volume Encyclopaedia of Asian Civilizations which was published in eight editions in English between 1977 and 1987. ^[2]

Louis-Frederic's Japan encyclopedia was published in six editions in English and French between 1996 and 2005. ^[2]

Selected works [ change | change source ]

In an overview of writings by and about Louis-Frederic, OCLC / WorldCat lists roughly 170 works in 337 publications in 14 languages and 7,762 library holdings. ^[2]

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• L'Inde: ses temples, ses sculptures , 1959
• Sud-Est asiatique: Temples et Sculptures , 1964
• La danse sacree de l'Inde ,
• Japon: arts et civilisation , 1969
• La vie quotidienne au Japon a l'epoque des Samurai (1185-1603) , 1969
• Tokyo , 1970
• Le Shinto, esprit et religion du Japon , 1972
• Encyclopaedia of Asian Civilizations (10 vol.), 1977-1984
• La vie quotidienne au Japon au debut de l'ere moderne (1868-1912) ,1984
• Japon, l'empire eternel , 1985
• Japon intime , 1986
• Dictionnaire de la civilisation indienne , 1987
• A dictionary of the martial art , 1991
• L'Art de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud-Est , 1994
• Les Dieux du bouddhisme , 1996
• Le Japon, dictionnaire et civilisation , 1996
• Histoire de l'Inde et des Indiens , 1996

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Other websites [ change | change source ]

• Frederic, Louis (1923-1996) at Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)