Ruth Ozeki

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Ruth Ozeki is an American-Canadian novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest known for her genre-blending, contemplative works such as "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness."

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instanceOf Zen Buddhist priest
filmmaker
novelist
person
awardReceived Canada-Japan Literary Award
LA Times Book Prize for Fiction
Women’s Prize for Fiction
basedIn Canada
United States
countryOfCitizenship Canada
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1956-03-12
directed Halving the Bones
educatedAt Smith College
employer Smith College
ethnicGroup Japanese American
familyName Ozeki
fieldOfWork Buddhist studies
film
literature
genre contemporary fiction
literary fiction
speculative fiction
givenName Ruth
hasResidence Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainTheme environmental issues
identity
interconnection
media and culture
time
movement contemporary Buddhism
name Ruth Ozeki
nominatedFor Booker Prize
National Book Critics Circle Award
notableWork A Tale for the Time Being
All Over Creation
My Year of Meats
The Book of Form and Emptiness
The Face: A Time Code
occupation Zen Buddhist priest
filmmaker
novelist
university professor
placeOfBirth New Haven, Connecticut, United States
positionHeld Grace Jarcho Ross 1933 Professor of Humanities
religion Zen Buddhism
linked to: Zen
spouse Oliver Kellhammer
writingStyle contemplative
genre-blending

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