Occupation Writer, teacher Nationality Spanish | Name Juan Arnau Role Essayist | |
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Native name Juan Maria Arnau Navarro Born April 28, 1968 (age 55)
Spain, Valencia ( 1968-04-28 ) Genre Eastern philosophies and religions | ||
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Juan Arnau (Valencia, April 28, 1968), Spanish philosopher and essayist, a specialist in Eastern philosophies and religions.
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- Monegros 2011 juan arnau responde
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- Biography
- Awards
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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 fellowship 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.