The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography

This single-issue manga biography, published by Penguin in 2010, offers a unique graphic-novel introduction to the life of the 14th Dalai Lama. Written and illustrated by Tetsu Saiwai, it condenses the spiritual leader’s journey from his childhood in Tibet to his role as a global symbol of peace into a compact, accessible format. It stands as a distinctive entry in the world of biographical comics, blending Eastern storytelling with a Western subject for a cross-cultural readership.