WRITER

Ango Sakaguchi

1906 - 1955

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Ango Sakaguchi (坂口 安吾, Sakaguchi Ango, 20 October 1906 – 17 February 1955) was a Japanese writer, who wrote short stories and novels and was an essayist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ango Sakaguchi has received more than 229,753 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ango Sakaguchi is the 2,844th most popular writer, the 839th most popular biography from Japan and the 66th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ango Sakaguchi ranks 2,844 out of 7,302. Before him are Fritz Mauthner, Delmira Agustini, Mariama Bâ, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Lucius Afranius, and Saken Seifullin. After him are Farag Foda, Song Yingxing, Guiraut Riquier, Peter Wessel Zapffe, William L. Shirer, and Heinrich Vogeler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Ango Sakaguchi ranks 155. Before him are Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Vitaly Abalakov, Alexander Gode, Pietro Serantoni, H. C. Hansen, and Endre Kabos. After him are Andrei Kirilenko, Dmitry Likhachov, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Francisco Ayala, Marian Spychalski, and Eddie Albert. Among people deceased in 1955, Ango Sakaguchi ranks 83. Before him are Horace McCoy, Carl Milles, Ona Munson, Louis Charles Breguet, Hubert Cecil Booth, and Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Lin Huiyin, Arthur Bernardes, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia, Lloyd Bacon, and Theodor Innitzer.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ango Sakaguchi ranks 839 out of 6,245. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407), Toshio Miyaji (null), Sō Yoshitoshi (1568), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Kōichi Kido (1889), and Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933). After him are Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Inoue Kaoru (1836), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Seiichi Sakiya (1950), Kanji Ishiwara (1889), and Eiko Ishioka (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ango Sakaguchi ranks 66. Before him are Shūji Terayama (1935), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), and Hitoshi Igarashi (1947). After him are Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Yūko Tsushima (1947), Takeo Arishima (1878), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), and Naoya Shiga (1883).

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