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Eiko Kadono

1935 - Today

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Eiko Kadono (角野 栄子, Kadono Eiko), real name Eiko Watanabe (渡辺英子, Watanabe Eiko), born January 1, 1935, is a Japanese author of children's literature, picture books, non-fiction, and essays. Her most famous work Kiki's Delivery Service, released in 1985, was made into an anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, and spawned a series of sequel novels. In 2018, she won the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Currently, she serves as a guest professor at the Nihon Fukushi University in Aichi Prefecture. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Eiko Kadono is the 3,896th most popular writer (down from 3,642nd in 2024). (down from 3,033rd in 2019)

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Among writers, Eiko Kadono ranks 3,896 out of 7,302. Before her are Leonhard Frank, Bruno Apitz, Berdi Kerbabayev, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Gennadius of Massilia, and Veniamin Kaverin. After her are Leopold Zunz, Zenta Mauriņa, Gertrude Jekyll, Angel Wagenstein, Kjartan Fløgstad, and Javier Cercas.

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Among people born in 1935, Eiko Kadono ranks 259. Before her are Alain Barrière, Ryhor Baradulin, Joan Harrison, Sergei Yursky, José Ramos Delgado, and Imre Makovecz. After her are Vitaly Sevastyanov, Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Laurent Terzieff, Andréa Parisy, Belinda Lee, and Doug McClure.

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