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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 45,834 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Shōhei Ōoka is the 4,604th most popular writer (down from 4,273rd in 2019), the 1,162nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,066th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 46k

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  • 46.60

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 4,604 out of 5,755Before him are Wang Meng, Régine Deforges, George du Maurier, Ingrid Noll, Süreyya Ağaoğlu, and Philaenis. After him are Eudora Welty, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Gjorgji Abadžiev, John Boyne, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, and Kostas Varnalis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 251Before him are Sven Jonasson, Mike Todd, Ramón Villeda Morales, Arthur Jonath, Johnny Mercer, and Chester Himes. After him are Eudora Welty, Uku Masing, Neal E. Miller, Elis Wiklund, Gheorghe Albu, and Hermann Paul Müller. Among people deceased in 1988, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 160Before him are Memphis Slim, Joseph Wresinski, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Colleen Moore, Louise Nevelson, and Thawan Thamrongnawasawat. After him are William McMahon, Mildred Gillars, Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Axel Grönberg, Nando González, and Roger Hargreaves.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 1,162 out of 6,048Before him are Kazuo Hasegawa (1908), Ikuo Matsumoto (1941), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Masatoshi Shima (1943), Kikuko Inoue (1964), and Takayuki Kuwata (1941). After him are Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), LiSA (1987), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Toshiyuki Morikawa (1967), and Kaori Momoi (1951).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shōhei Ōoka ranks 99Before him are Yōko Ogawa (1962), Takeshi Shudo (1949), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), and Hiromi Kawakami (1958). After him are Marie Kondo (1984), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), Michio Mado (1909), Yoko Tawada (1960), Takashi Tezuka (1960), and Jun Maeda (1975).