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WRITER

Yōko Ogawa

1962 - Today

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yōko Ogawa ranks 4,283 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Yōko Ogawa ranks 189Before 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.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yōko Ogawa ranks 1,104 out of 6,048Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Yōko Ogawa ranks 93Before 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).