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Chūya Nakahara

1907 - 1937

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Chūya Nakahara (中原 中也, Nakahara Chūya, 29 April 1907 – 22 October 1937), born Chūya Kashimura (柏村 中也, Kashimura Chūya), was a Japanese poet active during the early Shōwa period. Originally shaped by Dada and other forms of European (mainly French) experimental poetry, he was one of the leading renovators of Japanese poetry. Although he died at the young age of 30, he wrote more than 350 poems throughout his life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chūya Nakahara has received more than 457,006 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Chūya Nakahara is the 1,335th most popular writer (up from 1,636th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Japan (up from 465th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chūya Nakahara ranks 1,335 out of 5,755. Before him are Georges Rodenbach, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Joanot Martorell, Reinaldo Arenas, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, and Robert Bloch. After him are Aleksis Kivi, Thomas Moore, Nikolaus Lenau, Hartmann von Aue, Jakob Wassermann, and Joyce Carol Oates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Chūya Nakahara ranks 71. Before him are Horia Sima, Giovanni Ferrari, James Meade, Helmuth James von Moltke, Altiero Spinelli, and Sigvard Bernadotte. After him are Leonor Fini, Charles Eames, Nicolaus von Below, Ko Takamoro, Cab Calloway, and Junji Nishikawa. Among people deceased in 1937, Chūya Nakahara ranks 43. Before him are Pavel Florensky, Louis Vierne, Georgy Pyatakov, Keke Geladze, Bessie Smith, and Ray Ewry. After him are Vincenzo Lancia, Andrés Nin Pérez, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Max Adler, Akhmet Baitursynov, and Yeghishe Charents.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chūya Nakahara ranks 298 out of 6,048. Before him are Saitō Hajime (1844), Sesshū Tōyō (1420), Saionji Kinmochi (1849), Yoshirō Mori (1937), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), and Yoshitoshi (1839). After him are Takeichi Nishi (1902), Tokugawa Iemochi (1846), Tamotsu Asakura (null), Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Takashi Kano (1920), and Emperor Buretsu (489).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Chūya Nakahara ranks 27. Before him are Mori Ōgai (1862), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Yosa Buson (1716), Shūsaku Endō (1923), and Yosano Akiko (1878). After him are Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Ihara Saikaku (1642), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), Ono no Komachi (825), Ryū Murakami (1952), and Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653).

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