Huyghe, Rene

Rene Huyghe (1906-1997), formerly a professor at the College de France and member of the Academie Francaise, was an internationally famous philosopher of art and aesthetics whose writings on art have been translated into twelve languages. Daisaku Ikeda (1928-) is the President of Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist organisation whose adherents come from over 190 countries throughout the world. He is the author of more than 80 books on Buddhist themes, and received the United Nations Peace Award in 1983.