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George Ohsawa

1893 - 1966

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George Ohsawa (born Nyoichi Sakurazawa (櫻澤 如一); October 18, 1893 – April 23, 1966) was a Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine who was the founder of the macrobiotic diet. When living in Europe he went by the pen names of Musagendo Sakurazawa, Nyoiti Sakurazawa, and Yukikazu Sakurazawa. He also used the French first name Georges while living in France, and his name is sometimes also given this spelling. He wrote about 300 books in Japanese and 20 in French. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Ohsawa is the 2,967th most popular writer (down from 2,473rd in 2019), the 899th most popular biography from Japan (down from 735th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Ohsawa ranks 2,967 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcel Boulenger, Parthenius of Nicaea, Philitas of Cos, Edgar Lee Masters, Pierre Bec, and Maximilian Voloshin. After him are Gisèle Halimi, Drago Jančar, Sergei Nilus, Pierre Souvestre, Fatma Aliye Topuz, and Fumiko Hayashi.

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Among people born in 1893, George Ohsawa ranks 144. Before him are Lucien Tesnière, Louise Weiss, Eugene Aynsley Goossens, Walter Donaldson, Georges Florovsky, and Lajos Czeizler. After him are Meghnad Saha, Rued Langgaard, Costante Girardengo, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Hilda Geiringer, and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Among people deceased in 1966, George Ohsawa ranks 104. Before him are Vilis Lācis, Philipp Frank, Charles Whitman, Victor Kravchenko, Elio Vittorini, and Sutan Sjahrir. After him are Gaspar Cassadó, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Fritz Bleyl, Guillermo Gorostiza, J. F. C. Fuller, and Reino Ragnar Lehto.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, George Ohsawa ranks 899 out of 6,245. Before him are Kuniya Daini (1944), Saigyō (1118), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Meiko Kaji (1947), and Toshiko Yuasa (1909). After him are Arai Hakuseki (1657), Peter Doi (1892), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Masuzo Madono (null), Yoshito Usui (1958), and Torii Kiyonaga (1752).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, George Ohsawa ranks 62. Before him are Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ennin (793), Shūji Terayama (1935), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), and Saigyō (1118). After him are Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Yūko Tsushima (1947), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Fumiko Enchi (1905), and Hitoshi Igarashi (1947).

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