Lauran Trao is a Tai

Tai

Tai may refer to:*Tai peoples*Tai languages*Tai , a Chinese surname*Mount Tai, in Shandong, China*Lake Tai, on the border of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, China...

, Viet, and French expert on literary devices. She was born in 1907 in Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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She was majorly influenced by her English professor Wade Varieur from Johnson University. She lived most of her life in rural Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 along with her younger Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

n half-sister, Eugenie Kim. Her remembrance day is October 3. The Swiss government pronounces this to be celebrated on October 3, 2008.

Many followers of Lauran's teachings call themselves Bhuddist Sophists or "BSers". Her early education was at CHS.