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WRITER

Riichi Yokomitsu

1898 - 1947

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Riichi Yokomitsu (横光 利一, Yokomitsu Riichi, 17 March 1898 – 30 December 1947) was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer. Yokomitsu began publishing in dōjinshi such as Machi ("Street") and Tō ("Tower") after entering Waseda University in 1916. In 1923, he published Nichirin ("The Sun"), Hae ("A Fly") and more in the magazine Bungeishunjū, which made his name popular. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riichi Yokomitsu has received more than 42,945 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Riichi Yokomitsu is the 4,490th most popular writer (down from 4,234th in 2019), the 1,141st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,058th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 43k

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  • 47.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 4,490 out of 5,755. Before him are Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Florian Ceynowa, William Cullen Bryant, Anna Maria Lenngren, Ramón J. Sender, and Mahmud Taymur. After him are Lucius Shepard, Erlend Loe, Karolina Světlá, John Farey Sr., Jane Bowles, and Lydia Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 186. Before him are Rosa Chacel, William Astbury, Blind Willie McTell, Zhu Ziqing, Preston Sturges, and Leonard Howell. After him are Kay Sage, M. Ageyev, Ferreira de Castro, Harry Patch, Shirley Booth, and Eduard Wiiralt. Among people deceased in 1947, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 148. Before him are Max Berg, August Blom, Georg Schnéevoigt, Urban Gad, Anna von Mildenburg, and R. B. Bennett. After him are José Pardo y Barreda, Tefta Tashko-Koço, Frederick Russell Burnham, Amadeo García, Annie S. D. Maunder, and Ellsworth Huntington.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 1,141 out of 6,048. Before him are Kunio Maekawa (1905), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), Takeshi Ono (1944), Tsuru Aoki (1892), Yoshiko Kuga (1931), and Hiroshi Kamiya (1975). After him are Daimaou Kosaka (1973), Chiaki Mukai (1952), Yukihiro Matsumoto (1965), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Gackt (1973), and Minami Takayama (1964).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 96. Before him are Jien (1155), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Koji Suzuki (1957), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Takeshi Shudo (1949), and Miyamoto Yuriko (1899). After him are Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Marie Kondo (1984), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), and Michio Mado (1909).

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