966 - 1025
Sei Shōnagon (清少納言, c. 966–1017 or 1025) was a Japanese author, poet, and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sei Shōnagon has received more than 394,041 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Sei Shōnagon is the 511th most popular writer (down from 432nd in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Japan (down from 46th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Writer.
Sei Shōnagon is most famous for her work "The Pillow Book" which is a collection of short essays, anecdotes, and observations about life at the imperial court.
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Among writers, Sei Shōnagon ranks 511 out of 5,755. Before her are Marina Tsvetaeva, George R. R. Martin, J. M. Barrie, Rudaki, Attar of Nishapur, and Henri Barbusse. After her are Natsume Sōseki, Harper Lee, Fausto Cercignani, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Michel Houellebecq, and Ulrich von Hutten.
1892 - 1941
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 505
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 506
1860 - 1937
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 507
860 - 941
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 508
1145 - 1220
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 509
1873 - 1935
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 510
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 511
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 512
1926 - 2016
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 513
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 514
1811 - 1896
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 515
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 516
1488 - 1523
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 517
Among people born in 966, Sei Shōnagon ranks 1. After her are Bjarni Herjólfsson, Rogneda of Polotsk, and Fujiwara no Michinaga. Among people deceased in 1025, Sei Shōnagon ranks 3. Before her are Basil II and Bolesław I the Brave. After her are Hugh Magnus, Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia, Muhammad III of Córdoba, Burchard of Worms, and Helena.
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 1
966 - 1000
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 2
966 - 1002
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 3
966 - 1028
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 4
958 - 1025
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 1
967 - 1025
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 2
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 3
1007 - 1025
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 4
979 - 1025
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 5
976 - 1025
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 6
950 - 1025
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 7
901 - 1025
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 8
Among people born in Japan, Sei Shōnagon ranks 64 out of 6,048. Before her are Akechi Mitsuhide (1526), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Shinzō Abe (1954), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Emperor Suizei (-669), and Koxinga (1624). After her are Natsume Sōseki (1867), Liv Ullmann (1938), Uesugi Kenshin (1530), Date Masamune (1567), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), and Fumio Kishida (1957).
1526 - 1582
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 58
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 59
1954 - 2022
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 60
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 61
669 BC - 548 BC
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 62
1624 - 1662
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 63
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 64
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 65
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 66
1530 - 1578
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 67
1567 - 1636
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 68
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 69
1957 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 70
Among writers born in Japan, Sei Shōnagon ranks 10. Before her are Haruki Murakami (1949), Murasaki Shikibu (973), Osamu Dazai (1909), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), and Kenzaburō Ōe (1935). After her are Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Masaru Emoto (1943), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Kōbō Abe (1924), and Sugawara no Michizane (845).
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 4
973 - 1014
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 5
1909 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 6
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 7
1892 - 1927
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 8
1935 - 2023
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 9
966 - 1025
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 10
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 12
1943 - 2014
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 13
1886 - 1965
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 14
1924 - 1993
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 15
845 - 903
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 16