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Doppo Kunikida

1871 - 1908

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Doppo Kunikida (国木田 独歩, Kunikida Doppo; 30 August 1871 – 23 June 1908) was a Japanese author of novels and romantic poetry during the Meiji period, noted as one of the inventors of Japanese naturalism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Doppo Kunikida is the 3,491st most popular writer (down from 1,877th in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from Japan (down from 572nd in 2019) and the 80th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Doppo Kunikida ranks 3,491 out of 7,302Before him are Yervant Odian, René Barjavel, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Gabrielle Roy, Ahmad Shamlou, and Lajos Bíró. After him are Vladislav Vančura, Moses ibn Ezra, Zacharias Werner, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, H.D., and Alf Prøysen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Doppo Kunikida ranks 103Before him are Segundo de Chomón, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Alwin Berger, Gino Fano, Arthur Wynne, and Daniel Alomía Robles. After him are Fritz Schaudinn, José Enrique Rodó, Lottie Dod, Dénes Berinkey, Emily Carr, and Kōtoku Shūsui. Among people deceased in 1908, Doppo Kunikida ranks 64Before him are Heinrich Hübschmann, Karl Möbius, Friedrich von Esmarch, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, and Belle Gunness. After him are Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Jacob W. Davis, Lester Allan Pelton, and Valtazar Bogišić.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Doppo Kunikida ranks 1,017 out of 6,245Before him are Kunio Yanagita (1875), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Yoshinori Ishigami (1957), Kenta Komatsu (1988), and Tokugawa Nariaki (1800). After him are Toshio Matsuura (1955), Sanjō Sanetomi (1837), Hajime Moriyasu (1968), Toru Yoshikawa (1961), Tōru Furuya (1953), and Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Doppo Kunikida ranks 80Before him are Naoya Shiga (1883), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), Futabatei Shimei (1864), and Tōson Shimazaki (1872). After him are Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Takeo Arishima (1878), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), and Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859).