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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, 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 271,526 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Shūji Terayama is the 2,577th most popular writer (up from 2,646th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 772nd in 2019) and the 59th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 270k

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  • 53.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shūji Terayama ranks 2,577 out of 5,755. Before him are Polemon I of Pontus, Cornelis de Bruijn, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Benjamin Fondane, Abu-l-'Atahiya, and Horace McCoy. After him are Petar Hektorović, August von Platen-Hallermünde, Béla Király, Đura Jakšić, John Moschus, and Gustave Kahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Shūji Terayama ranks 154. Before him are Yvon Douis, Hans Tilkowski, Vasily Livanov, Milkha Singh, Charles Duke, and Jack Charlton. After him are Tamara Smirnova, Lola Novaković, Ken Kercheval, Dudley Moore, Herb Alpert, and Yakov Sinai. Among people deceased in 1983, Shūji Terayama ranks 96. Before him are Charlie Rivel, Grigori Aleksandrov, Artemio Franchi, Ivan Vinogradov, Michel Micombero, and Bep Voskuijl. After him are Juan López Fontana, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Paul de Man, Ángel Labruna, and Vladimir Bakarić.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shūji Terayama ranks 762 out of 6,048. Before him are Motoo Tatsuhara (1913), Prince Koreyasu (1264), Sawao Kato (1946), Tadao Horie (1913), Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), and Takashi Mizuno (1931). After him are Shō Hashi (1371), Shō Shin (1465), Shintaro Abe (1924), Takashi Ono (1931), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), and Takeshi Obata (1969).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shūji Terayama ranks 59. Before him are Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Amélie Nothomb (1967), Ryōkan (1758), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), and Takiji Kobayashi (1903). After him are Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Ikki Kita (1883), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Yasushi Inoue (1907), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), and Naoya Shiga (1883).

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