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Alan Watts
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British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)

Also known as: Alan W. Watts, Alan Wilson Watts, Алан Уотс, ألان ويلسون واتس, アラン・ワッツ, 艾倫·威爾遜·瓦茨

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Known works

  • The culture of counter-culture (1998)
  • The Way of Zen (1989)
  • The supreme identity (1950)
  • The Book (1966)
  • Nature, Man,& Woman (1970)