WRITER

Ryū Murakami

1952 - Today

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Ryū Murakami (村上 龍, Murakami Ryū, born February 19, 1952 in Sasebo, Nagasaki) is a Japanese novelist, short story writer, essayist and filmmaker. His novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war, set against the dark backdrop of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryū Murakami has received more than 547,906 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ryū Murakami is the 1,418th most popular writer (up from 1,590th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Japan (up from 436th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Kanashiki nettai
1984
Kagirinaku tōmei ni chikai burū
Almost Transparent Blue (限りなく透明に近いブルー Kagirinaku Tōmei ni Chikai Burū, "Almost Infinitely Transparent Blue") is a 1976 novel, written by Japanese author Ryū Murakami, that features a portrait of narrator Ryū and his friends trapped in a cycle of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll during the 1970s.
1976
Nagasaki Oranda-mura
1992
Koi wa itsumo michi na mono =
1991
In the miso soup
Fiction, Social conditions, Tour guides (Persons)
1997
Shikkusuti nain
Fiction, History, Social history
1987

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ryū Murakami ranks 1,418 out of 7,302. Before him are A. B. Yehoshua, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Georges Rodenbach, Remy de Gourmont, and Béla Balázs. After him are Joseph Mohr, Qiu Jin, Du Mu, Jane Hawking, Chico Xavier, and Else Lasker-Schüler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ryū Murakami ranks 83. Before him are Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Udo Dirkschneider, Christine Baranski, Robin Hobb, Joe Strummer, and Nicko McBrain. After him are Bülent Ersoy, Stephen Lang, Mary McDonnell, Lee Soo-man, Haider al-Abadi, and Amir Peretz.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryū Murakami ranks 367 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Kōbun (648), Emperor Konoe (1139), Takashi Takabayashi (1931), Yasuo Suzuki (1913), Tamotsu Asakura (null), and Hisataka Okamoto (1933). After him are Emperor Nijō (1143), Kijūrō Shidehara (1872), Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), Yoshitoshi (1839), Emperor Montoku (827), and Emperor Heizei (773).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ryū Murakami ranks 29. Before him are Yosano Akiko (1878), Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Yosa Buson (1716), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), and Chūya Nakahara (1907). After him are Ihara Saikaku (1642), Ono no Komachi (825), Junji Ito (1963), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), and Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192).

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