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Futabatei Shimei

1864 - 1909

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Futabatei Shimei (二葉亭 四迷; 4 April 1864 – 10 May 1909) was a Japanese writer, translator, and literary critic. His writings are in the realist style popular in the mid to late 19th century. His work The Drifting Cloud (Ukigumo, 1887) is widely regarded as Japan's first modern novel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Futabatei Shimei is the 3,440th most popular writer (down from 3,269th in 2019), the 1,005th most popular biography from Japan (down from 939th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Futabatei Shimei ranks 3,440 out of 7,302. Before him are Natsuo Kirino, Roberto Arlt, Edith Durham, Ai Yazawa, Wallace Stevens, and Angelos Sikelianos. After him are Iain Banks, Mouloud Mammeri, Michel Ocelot, Laza Lazarević, Remigius of Auxerre, and Gérard de Villiers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Futabatei Shimei ranks 107. Before him are Roger Casement, Rukhmabai, Elena Văcărescu, Akashi Motojiro, Đồng Khánh, and Apolinario Mabini. After him are Toktogul Satylganov, Vladimir Steklov, Alexander Dutov, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Nathan Birnbaum, and Louis Lumière. Among people deceased in 1909, Futabatei Shimei ranks 59. Before him are Pascual Cervera y Topete, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Helena Modjeska, Giuseppe Martucci, Paul Ranson, and Alessandro Fortis. After him are Euclides da Cunha, Carl Bolle, Hugo Egmont Hørring, Detlev von Liliencron, Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, and Carl Holmberg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Futabatei Shimei ranks 1,005 out of 6,245. Before him are Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Nobuko Jashima (1959), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), Natsuo Kirino (1951), and Ai Yazawa (1967). After him are Takuya Kimura (1972), Shinobu Ikeda (1962), Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Nobuyo Fujishiro (1960), and Kunio Yanagita (1875).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Futabatei Shimei ranks 78. Before him are Kafū Nagai (1879), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Naoya Shiga (1883), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Natsuo Kirino (1951), and Ai Yazawa (1967). After him are Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Takeo Arishima (1878), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), and Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931).

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