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WRITER

Yoko Tawada

1960 - Today

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Yōko Tawada (多和田葉子 Tawada Yōko, born March 23, 1960) is a Japanese writer currently living in Berlin, Germany. She writes in both Japanese and German. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoko Tawada has received more than 192,765 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Yoko Tawada is the 4,955th most popular writer (down from 4,940th in 2019), the 1,229th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,267th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yoko Tawada ranks 4,955 out of 5,755Before her are Hellmuth Karasek, Willem Bilderdijk, Jan Twardowski, Ion Agârbiceanu, Thomas M. Disch, and Anna Maria Ortese. After her are Oliverio Girondo, Susanna Kaysen, John Gardner, Mark Haddon, Thomas Ligotti, and Henryk Rzewuski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Yoko Tawada ranks 270Before her are Dave Weckl, Jiří Rusnok, Fadil Vokrri, Hiromi Tsuru, Moussa Faki, and Moreno Argentin. After her are Greg Louganis, Robert John Burke, Apa Sherpa, Pedro Pasculli, Alfred Gusenbauer, and Cathy Moriarty.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoko Tawada ranks 1,229 out of 6,048Before her are Junichi Suwabe (1972), Hiromi Tsuru (1960), Masao Takemoto (1919), Michio Mado (1909), Nigo (1970), and Tatsuhiko Seta (1952). After her are Naohiro Ikeda (1940), Masashi Tashiro (1956), Katsuya Okada (1953), Hiroshi Suzuki (1933), Akihiko Hoshide (1968), and Hiroyuki Sawano (1980).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Yoko Tawada ranks 103Before her are Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Marie Kondo (1984), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), and Michio Mado (1909). After her are Takashi Tezuka (1960), Jun Maeda (1975), Reki Kawahara (1974), Kento Masuda (1973), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), and Nagaru Tanigawa (1970).