Maxime Kaltenmark
French academic of Chinese studies
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| Intro | French academic of Chinese studies | |
| Places | France Canada Austria | |
| was | Sinologist | |
| Work field | Social science | |
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| Birth | 11 November 1910, Vienna, Austria | |
| Death | 26 June 2002Laval, Quebec, Canada (aged 91 years) | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Biography
Max Kaltenmark (11 November 1910 – 26 June 2002) was a French sinologist, of Austrian origin.
Between 1949 and 1953, he was director of the "Centre d'études sinologiques de Pékin" of the École française d'Extrême-Orient. He later was directeur d'études at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris until 1979.
Selected works
- 1953: Le Lie-Sien Tchouan : biographies légendaires des immortels taoïstes de l'antiquité
- 1965: Lao Tseu et le taoïsme
- 1972: La Philosophie chinoise (Que sais-je?).