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 46,995 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Riichi Yokomitsu is the 5,088th most popular writer (down from 4,476th in 2019), the 1,299th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,138th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 47k

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  • 54.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 5,088 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques Chessex, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Amitav Ghosh, Alfhild Agrell, Max Beerbohm, and William Davenant. After him are Elaine May, Savo Kostadinovski, Shankha Ghosh, Frank Heller, Charlotte Casiraghi, and María Teresa León.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 219. Before him are Georgy Langemak, Rosa Chacel, William Astbury, Kay Sage, William Jordan, and Georg Kulenkampff. After him are Luis Muñoz Marín, John Grierson, Johan Richthoff, Wallace Ford, Ernst Ahl, and Arnold Chikobava. Among people deceased in 1947, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 169. Before him are Georg Schnéevoigt, Frederick Russell Burnham, José Pardo y Barreda, Albert Bruce Jackson, Ossi Oswalda, and Edwin Hedley. After him are Frank Heller, Ellsworth Huntington, August Blom, Nikolai Chebotaryov, Miguel Abadía Méndez, and Erich Hecke.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 1,299 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshiaki Arata (1924), Mikio Aoki (1934), Takehide Nakatani (1941), Hitoshi Matsumoto (1963), Mamoru Mohri (1948), and Masaru Uchiyama (1957). After him are Maya Yoshida (1988), Kazuo Saito (1951), Hironobu Kageyama (1961), Takeshi Shudo (1949), Toshiyuki Morikawa (1967), and Shu Kamo (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 101. Before him are Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), Koji Suzuki (1957), Yoko Tawada (1960), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), and Shōhei Ōoka (1909). After him are Takeshi Shudo (1949), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Takashi Tezuka (1960), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), Aya Kitō (1962), and Michio Mado (1909).

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