Kikuchi Kan Award
1 appearances
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Edition 45 (1991) award
Alfons Deeken
アルフォンス・デーケン
Arufonsu Deeken
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-08-03 （Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany）
- Died
- 2020-09-06 （Unknown） age 88
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German, Japanese
- Religion
- Catholic (Jesuit)
Career
- Occupations
- Priest, Philosopher, Emeritus Professor
- Active Years
- 1952-2020
- Affiliations
- Sophia University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham University | — | — | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Fordham University
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
United States
Ph.D. in Philosophy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | American Literary Award (Ethics category) | — | 倫理部門 | — | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Global Social Welfare and Medical Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1991 | American Thanatology Foundation Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | Death Preparation Education | — | Government of Germany | 受章 |
| 1999 | Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Wakatsuki Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
American Literary Award (Ethics category)
1975
Category:
倫理部門
Result:
受賞
Global Social Welfare and Medical Award
1989
Result:
受賞
American Thanatology Foundation Award
1991
Result:
受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
1991
Result:
受賞
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1998
Work:
Death Preparation Education
Organization:
Government of Germany
Result:
受章
Tokyo Metropolitan Cultural Award
1999
Result:
受賞
Wakatsuki Prize
1999
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Bibliography
- The Third Life: You Too Will Become Old
- Professor Deeken's East-West Travelogue
- Crisis and Challenge of Middle and Old Age
- Seeking the Value of Humanity: Ethics of Max Scheler
- Christianity and Me
- Humor is a Wonderful Medicine for Aging and Death: Introduction to Thanatology
- How to Face Death
- Education about Life and Death
- Dialogue of Light
- Live Well, Laugh Well, Meet Good Death
- Notebook to Love Your Life
- Bouquet of Words That Heal the Heart
- Future Anthropology (Co-editor)
- Thinking about Life and Death (Co-editor)
- On the Morning of Departure: Correspondence on Love and Death (Co-author)
- Learning from Familiar Experiences of Death (Co-editor)
- Teaching Death: Education for Preparing for Death (Co-editor)
- Thinking about Death: Education for Preparing for Death (Co-editor)
- Seeing Death: Education for Preparing for Death (Co-editor)
- Facing Aging and Death: Q&A on Living Old Age (Editor)
- Hospices and Terminal Care in Japan (Co-editor)
- 120 Books for Death Preparation Education (Co-editor)
- Towards a New Culture of Death (Co-editor)
- When Three Gather, Japan is Seen: Elegance, Aging, Death, and Humor (Co-author)
- Sudden Death and Grief Care (Co-editor)
- Dialogue on Love and Death: Stirring Correspondence on the Morning of Departure (Co-author)
- Adult Life Education (Co-editor)
- Speaking of Life (Co-author)
- Graceful End of Life: Series of Lectures (Co-editor)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- philosophicalethicalthanatologicalpersuasive narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- deathaginghumordialogue between life and death
Legacy
He popularized thanatology in Japan and contributed to hospice movements and the improvement of terminal care. He was a philosopher and Jesuit priest who deeply influenced Japanese culture.
Quotes
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Humor is a wonderful medicine for aging and death.
Source: Book "Humor is a Wonderful Medicine for Aging and Death: Introduction to Thanatology" (1995)
Trivia
- Rejected recommendation to National Socialist leadership training school during WWII.
- Held more than two lectures a day even after age 80.
- His writings were included in Japanese junior high school language textbooks.