Literature
There is a rich ancient tradition of lay Tibetan literature which includes epics, poetry, short stories, dance scripts and mime, plays and so on which has expanded into a huge body of work - some of which has been translated into Western languages. Tibetan literature has a historical span of over 1300 years.
Perhaps the best known category of Tibetan literature outside of Tibet are the epic stories - particularly the famous Gesar epic.
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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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—Jonathan Miller (b. 1936)
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