WRITER

Shōhei Ōoka

1909 - 1988

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Shōhei Ōoka (Japanese: 大岡 昇平, romanized: Ōoka Shōhei; March 6, 1909 – December 25, 1988) was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and lecturer and translator of French literature who was active during the Shōwa period. Ōoka belongs to the group of postwar writers whose Pacific War experiences at home and abroad figure prominently in their works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shōhei Ōoka has received more than 51,187 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Shōhei Ōoka is the 4,811th most popular writer (down from 4,589th in 2019), the 1,240th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,159th in 2019) and the 100th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 55.11

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

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  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 4,811 out of 7,302. Before him are Nicholas Evans, Irving Wallace, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Herman Heijermans, John Lyly, and David E. Kelley. After him are Chaim Potok, Andrea Maffei, Martin Kukučín, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, and Cordelia Edvardson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 285. Before him are Zellig Harris, Margaret Mee, Juan Carreño, Xie Fuzhi, Leo Sexton, and Jean Batten. After him are Olivér Halassy, Beb Bakhuys, Vasco Bergamaschi, Emmett Toppino, Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Paul A. Baran. Among people deceased in 1988, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 172. Before him are Joseph Wresinski, Wilfred Jackson, José María Peña, Margaret Mee, Ray Barbuti, and Andrei Glanzmann. After him are Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Kwon Ki-ok, William McMahon, Memphis Slim, Solomon, and Alan Paton.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 1,240 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshiko Kuga (1931), Tetsuya Komuro (1958), Nobuhiro Watsuki (1970), Hitoshi Sasaki (1891), Hiroyuki Usui (1953), and Isao Okano (1944). After him are Kei Kumai (1930), Shigeo Arai (1916), Yoko Kanno (1963), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Akira Matsunaga (1948), and Kazumi Tsubota (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 100. Before him are Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), Koji Suzuki (1957), Yoko Tawada (1960), and Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886). After him are Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Takeshi Shudo (1949), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Takashi Tezuka (1960), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), and Aya Kitō (1962).

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