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Mieko Kawakami

1976 - Today

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Mieko Kawakami (川上未映子, Kawakami Mieko, born August 29, 1976) is a Japanese writer and poet from Osaka. Her work has won prestigious Japanese literary awards in several genres, including the 138th Akutagawa Prize for her novella Chichi to Ran (乳と卵), the 2013 Tanizaki Prize for her short story collection Ai no yume to ka (愛の夢とか) (Dreams of Love, etc.), and the 2008 Nakahara Chūya Prize for Contemporary Poetry for Sentan de, sasuwa sasareruwa soraeewa (先端で さすわ さされるわ そらええわ). Her 2019 novel Natsu Monogatari, an expanded version of Chichi to Ran, became a bestseller and was translated into English under the title Breasts and Eggs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mieko Kawakami has received more than 307,966 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Mieko Kawakami is the 6,069th most popular writer, the 1,800th most popular biography from Japan and the 110th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mieko Kawakami ranks 6,069 out of 5,755. Before her are José Luís Peixoto, Julia Franck, Andrey Malakhov, Robert Pinsky, Timothy Findley, and Judith Miller. After her are Paul Dini, Federico Andahazi, Alfred Austin, Sally Rooney, James T. Farrell, and Maja Haderlap.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Mieko Kawakami ranks 399. Before her are Derek Chauvin, Gigi Leung, Ceza, Charlie Day, Rasho Nesterović, and Matthew Shepard. After her are Nino Bule, Petter Hansson, Robert Kidiaba, Manuel Pablo, Hamza Yerlikaya, and Lena Park.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mieko Kawakami ranks 1,800 out of 6,048. Before her are Mai Nakahara (1981), Saki Fujita (1984), Kaori Icho (1984), Norio Omura (1969), Teruo Abe (2000), and Kazuto Sakata (1966). After her are Chieko Honda (1963), Katsumi Oenoki (1965), Junya Ito (1993), Sora Amamiya (1993), Tadanari Lee (1985), and Naoki Hattori (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Mieko Kawakami ranks 110. Before her are Takashi Tezuka (1960), Jun Maeda (1975), Reki Kawahara (1974), Kento Masuda (1973), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), and Nagaru Tanigawa (1970). After her are Kaori Ekuni (1964), Sayaka Murata (1979), and Hitomi Kanehara (1983).

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