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Yasushi Inoue

1907 - 1991

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Yasushi Inoue (井上靖, Inoue Yasushi, May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991) was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasushi Inoue has received more than 87,800 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Yasushi Inoue is the 2,629th most popular writer (up from 2,695th in 2019), the 778th most popular biography from Japan (up from 785th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yasushi Inoue ranks 2,629 out of 5,755. Before him are Herbert Read, Juan Gelman, Duris of Samos, Mickey Spillane, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Jeremias Gotthelf. After him are Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Takuboku Ishikawa, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, May Ziade, Shulamith Firestone, and Joseph Delaney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Yasushi Inoue ranks 139. Before him are Sergei Kruglov, Isaac Deutscher, Rudolf Peierls, Álvaro Gestido, Ursula Kuczynski, and Annabella. After him are Parvin E'tesami, Ernesto Mascheroni, Mihail Sebastian, Helmut Walcha, L. Sprague de Camp, and Ita Rina. Among people deceased in 1991, Yasushi Inoue ranks 94. Before him are Vasko Popa, Kevin Peter Hall, Rufino Tamayo, Giacomo Manzù, Shintaro Abe, and Heidi Brühl. After him are Otl Aicher, Metin Oktay, Mikheil Meskhi, Antoine Berman, Helmut Walcha, and Schubert Gambetta.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasushi Inoue ranks 778 out of 6,048. Before him are Takenoshin Nakai (1882), Ikki Kita (1883), Sachi Kagawa (null), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Sanjō Sanetomi (1837), and Eiko Ishioka (1938). After him are Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Tasuku Honjo (1942), Naoya Shiga (1883), Sho Kosugi (1948), Kirin Kiki (1943), and Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Yasushi Inoue ranks 63. Before him are Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Shūji Terayama (1935), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Ikki Kita (1883), and Banana Yoshimoto (1964). After him are Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Naoya Shiga (1883), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Takeo Arishima (1878), and Fumiko Hayashi (1903).

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