WRITER

Shūji Terayama

1935 - 1983

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Shūji Terayama (寺山 修司, Terayama Shūji, December 10, 1935 – May 4, 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, artist, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Many critics view him as one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shūji Terayama has received more than 293,101 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Shūji Terayama is the 2,743rd most popular writer (down from 2,569th in 2019), the 813th most popular biography from Japan (down from 760th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shūji Terayama ranks 2,743 out of 7,302. Before him are Stephenie Meyer, Albert Robida, Gulbadan Begum, Ahmad Javad, Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, and Pierre Benoit. After him are Lu Ji, Borislav Pekić, Jan Luyken, Jean Lorrain, Josef Škvorecký, and Franz Overbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Shūji Terayama ranks 173. Before him are Denise Perrier, Peter Schreier, Fiorenza Cossotto, Elga Andersen, Vladica Popović, and Seymour Cassel. After him are Zeev Sternhell, Milena Vukotic, Don Norman, Lola Novaković, Geoffrey Lewis, and Martti Talvela. Among people deceased in 1983, Shūji Terayama ranks 104. Before him are Maurice Bishop, Antonin Magne, Ibrahim Abboud, Lina Radke, Raymond Massey, and Yuri Levitan. After him are Zhang Daqian, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Manuel Ferreira, Louise Weiss, Johan Grøttumsbråten, and Paul de Man.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shūji Terayama ranks 813 out of 6,245. Before him are Shojiro Sugimura (1905), Minoru Kobata (1946), Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Yūsaku Matsuda (1949), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), and Motobu Chōki (1870). After him are Shigeru Kayano (1926), Yoshiki (1965), Teruki Miyamoto (1940), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), and Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shūji Terayama ranks 60. Before him are Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Yasushi Inoue (1907), Ryōkan (1758), and Takuboku Ishikawa (1886). After him are Fumiko Enchi (1905), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), and Ango Sakaguchi (1906).

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