WRITER

Shuntarō Tanikawa

1931 - 2024

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Shuntarō Tanikawa (谷川 俊太郎, Tanikawa Shuntarō, December 15, 1931 – November 13, 2024) was a Japanese poet and translator. He was considered to be one of the most widely read and highly regarded Japanese poets, both in Japan and abroad. The English translation of his poetry volume Floating the River in Melancholy, translated by William I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shuntarō Tanikawa has received more than 75,153 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Shuntarō Tanikawa is the 4,637th most popular writer, the 1,206th most popular biography from Japan and the 96th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 4,637 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander McCall Smith, Ludwig Bechstein, Nancy Huston, W. S. Gilbert, Molla Vali Vidadi, and Kostas Karyotakis. After him are Lin Shu, Zane Grey, Vitaly Bianki, Cerverí de Girona, Erik Hornung, and Virginie Ancelot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 348. Before him are Gordon Willis, Marshall Applewhite, Anatoli Ilyin, Denise Scott Brown, Ibrahim Biogradlić, and Tamara Rylova. After him are Zakaria Tamer, Louis Pouzin, Tullio Regge, Skeeter Davis, Park Wan-suh, and Ferenc Szojka. Among people deceased in 2024, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 272. Before him are Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Annelie Ehrhardt, Joe Bryant, Roy Haynes, Joe Engle, and George Rhoden. After him are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Piedad Córdoba, Elias Khoury, Józef Szmidt, Eugenio Dal Corso, and Kagney Linn Karter.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 1,206 out of 6,245. Before him are Katsuhiro Kusaki (1962), Takuma Sato (1977), Atsushi Sakurai (1966), Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), Kenichi Ogata (1942), and Izumi Sakai (1967). After him are Hiroshi Kamiya (1975), Tetsuo Sugamata (1957), Hōchū Ōtsuka (1954), Kenji Miyamoto (1908), Seigō Nakano (1886), and Momoe Yamaguchi (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 96. Before him are Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), and Sakyo Komatsu (1931). After him are Koji Suzuki (1957), Yoko Tawada (1960), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), and Takeshi Shudo (1949).

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