1962 - Today
Yōko Ogawa (小川 洋子, Ogawa Yōko, born March 30, 1962) is a Japanese writer. Her work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize. Internationally, she has been the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yōko Ogawa has received more than 282,465 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yōko Ogawa is the 4,283rd most popular writer (up from 4,701st in 2019), the 1,104th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,152nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Japanese Writer.
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Among writers, Yōko Ogawa ranks 4,283 out of 5,755. Before her are Jean Tardieu, Jules Lemaître, James Lee Burke, François Tristan l'Hermite, Walter Kempowski, and Anne Carson. After her are Mato Kósyk, Georges Eekhoud, Pierre Michon, Elizabeth Gilbert, Susanna Tamaro, and Pashko Vasa.
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 4,277
1853 - 1914
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 4,278
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 4,279
1601 - 1655
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 4,280
1929 - 2007
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 4,281
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4,282
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4,283
1853 - 1940
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4,284
1854 - 1927
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4,285
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4,286
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4,287
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 4,288
1825 - 1892
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 4,289
Among people born in 1962, Yōko Ogawa ranks 189. Before her are Tracy Chevalier, Sakis Rouvas, Taslima Nasrin, Nawal El Moutawakel, Helena Dalli, and Uwe Rahn. After her are Suzy Amis Cameron, Gabriele Tarquini, Lana Clarkson, Michael Ball, José Cura, and Atiq Rahimi.
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 183
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 184
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 185
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 186
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 187
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 188
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 189
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 190
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 191
1962 - 2003
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 192
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 193
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 194
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 195
Among people born in Japan, Yōko Ogawa ranks 1,104 out of 6,048. Before her are Tsukasa Hojo (1959), Rinko Kikuchi (1981), Shunichiro Okano (1931), Masafumi Yokoyama (1956), Daisuke Gōri (1952), and Tadashi Imai (1912). After her are Mikio Sato (1928), Seiki Ichihara (1950), Akira Terao (1947), Takanori Nishikawa (1970), Nozu Michitsura (1840), and Yasuji Miyazaki (1916).
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 1,098
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 1,099
1931 - 2017
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 1,100
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 1,101
1952 - 2010
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 1,102
1912 - 1991
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 1,103
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 1,104
1928 - 2023
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 1,105
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 1,106
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 1,107
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 1,108
1840 - 1908
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 1,109
1916 - 1989
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 1,110
Among writers born in Japan, Yōko Ogawa ranks 93. Before her are Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Jien (1155), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), and Koji Suzuki (1957). After her are Takeshi Shudo (1949), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), and Shōhei Ōoka (1909).
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 87
1859 - 1935
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 88
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 89
1155 - 1225
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 90
1885 - 1976
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 91
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 92
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 93
1949 - 2010
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 94
1899 - 1951
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 95
1898 - 1947
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 96
1868 - 1927
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 97
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 98
1909 - 1988
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 99