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WRITER

Natsume Sōseki

1867 - 1916

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Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石, 9 February 1867 – 9 December 1916), pen name Sōseki, born Natsume Kin'nosuke (夏目 金之助), was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat, Kusamakura and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Natsume Sōseki has received more than 1,198,243 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Natsume Sōseki is the 512th most popular writer (up from 549th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Japan (down from 64th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Writer.

Natsume Sōseki is most famous for his novels "I Am a Cat" and "Botchan."

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Natsume Sōseki ranks 512 out of 5,755. Before him are George R. R. Martin, J. M. Barrie, Rudaki, Attar of Nishapur, Henri Barbusse, and Sei Shōnagon. After him are Harper Lee, Fausto Cercignani, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Michel Houellebecq, Ulrich von Hutten, and Giacomo Leopardi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Natsume Sōseki ranks 13. Before him are Emily Greene Balch, Mary of Teck, John Galsworthy, Käthe Kollwitz, Emil Nolde, and Maxime Weygand. After him are Pierre Bonnard, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Percy Fawcett, Enrique Granados, Johannes Fibiger, and Stanley Baldwin. Among people deceased in 1916, Natsume Sōseki ranks 19. Before him are Henry James, Sholem Aleichem, Richard Dedekind, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Otto of Bavaria, and Charles de Foucauld. After him are Karl Schwarzschild, Enrique Granados, Elisabeth of Wied, Ivan Franko, Charles Taze Russell, and José Echegaray.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Natsume Sōseki ranks 65 out of 6,048. Before him are Yoshihide Suga (1948), Shinzō Abe (1954), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Emperor Suizei (-669), Koxinga (1624), and Sei Shōnagon (966). After him are Liv Ullmann (1938), Uesugi Kenshin (1530), Date Masamune (1567), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Fumio Kishida (1957), and Sonny Chiba (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Natsume Sōseki ranks 11. Before him are Murasaki Shikibu (973), Osamu Dazai (1909), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), and Sei Shōnagon (966). After him are Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Masaru Emoto (1943), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Kōbō Abe (1924), Sugawara no Michizane (845), and Edogawa Ranpo (1894).

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