WRITER

Kafū Nagai

1879 - 1959

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Kafū Nagai (永井 荷風, Nagai Kafū, 3 December 1879 – 30 April 1959) was a Japanese writer, editor and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kafū Nagai has received more than 85,366 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Kafū Nagai is the 3,414th most popular writer (down from 3,143rd in 2019), the 962nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 870th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 85k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Udekurabe
1968
Nagai Kafū
1970
Nagai Kafū shū
1956
Nagai Kafu shu
1927
Danchōtei nichijō
Diaries, Japanese Authors
1980
Udekurabe
1937
Nagai Kafū
1965
Nagai Kafū shū
1956
Geisha in Rivalry
Fiction, general
2006
Nagai Kafū shū
Japanese fiction
1927
Nagai Kafu shu
1927

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kafū Nagai ranks 3,414 out of 7,302. Before him are Jiří Wolker, Grace Elliott, Lev Nussimbaum, David Eddings, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, and J. B. Priestley. After him are Joyce Meyer, John Osborne, John Evelyn, Corrie ten Boom, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, and Giovanni della Casa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Kafū Nagai ranks 125. Before him are Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Alfred Abel, Beals Wright, Philippe Gaubert, and Maud Menten. After him are Milan Šufflay, Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, Helena Roerich, Leonid Mandelstam, Pavel Bazhov, and Zsigmond Móricz. Among people deceased in 1959, Kafū Nagai ranks 94. Before him are Fernand Bouisson, Giovanni Pastrone, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Oskar Vogt, and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife. After him are Ion Gigurtu, Aleksandr Khinchin, Charles Vidor, Kazimierz Bein, Edmund Gwenn, and Erhard Schmidt.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kafū Nagai ranks 962 out of 6,245. Before him are On Kawara (1932), Tsuru Aoki (1892), Ryozo Suzuki (1939), Chieko Baisho (1941), Satoru Nakajima (1953), and Kanō Motonobu (1476). After him are Yukio Endo (1937), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Shiro Misaki (null), Yoshiichi Watanabe (1954), Kenzo Yokoyama (1943), and Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Kafū Nagai ranks 77. Before him are Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Naoya Shiga (1883), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Ai Yazawa (1967), and Itō Noe (1895). After him are Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Ennin (793), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), and Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859).

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