Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: schruns - mother: mitsuko aoyama - death date: 27 july 1972 - house: coudenhove-kalergi - father: heinrich von coudenhove-kalergi - birth date: 16 november 1894 - name: richard , count of coudenhove-kalergi - image: coudenhove-kalergi 1926.jpg - birth place: tokyo Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard nikolaus von coudenhove-kalergi .
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richard nikolaus eijiro , count of coudenhove-kalergi -lrb- german : '' richard nikolaus eijiro graf von coudenhove-kalergi '' ; japanese : ; november 16 , 1894 -- july 27 , 1972 -rrb- was an austrian-japanese politician , geopolitician , philosopher and count of coudenhove-kalergi , who was a pioneer of european integration .he was the founder and president for 49 years of the paneuropean union .his parents were heinrich von coudenhove-kalergi , an austro-hungarian diplomat , and mitsuko aoyama , the daughter of an oil merchant , antiques-dealer , and huge landowner family in tokyo .his childhood name in japan was -lrb- in japan as in many other cultures , the family name comes first -rrb- .he became a czechoslovak citizen in 1919 and then took french nationality from 1939 to his death .his first book , titled '' pan-europa '' was published in 1923 , contained a membership form for the pan-europa movement .coudenhove-kalergi 's movement held its first congress in vienna in 1926 .in 1927 aristide briand was elected honorary president .personalities attending included : albert einstein , thomas mann and sigmund freud .he was the first recipient of the charlemagne prize in 1950 .the 1972 -- 1973 academic year at the college of europe was named in his honour .coudenhove-kalergi proposed beethoven 's ode to joy as the music for the european anthem .he also proposed a europe day , european postage stamp and so many goods for his movement -lrb- e.g. badges and pennants -rrb- .