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Hitomi Kanehara

1983 - Today

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Hitomi Kanehara (金原 ひとみ, Kanehara Hitomi; born August 8, 1983) is a Japanese novelist. Her novel Hebi ni piasu (Snakes and Earrings) won the Shōsetsu Subaru Literary Prize and the Akutagawa Prize, and sold over a million copies in Japan. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hitomi Kanehara is the 7,150th most popular writer (up from 7,163rd in 2019), the 3,363rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,765th in 2019) and the 120th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hitomi Kanehara ranks 7,150 out of 7,302. Before her are Denise Mina, Djaili Amadou Amal, Stefan Molyneux, Tom Bergeron, Nirupama Rao, and Kristin Cashore. After her are Vince Flynn, Tom Holland, Marlon James, Owen Gleiberman, Marissa Meyer, and Kate Grenville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Hitomi Kanehara ranks 796. Before her are Jussi Jokinen, Moritz Volz, Bjørn Helge Riise, Che'Nelle, Leandro Costa Miranda Moraes, and Jelena Gavrilović. After her are Magomed Ibragimov, Leon Benko, Matteo Tagliariol, Yang Zhi, Tommaso Berni, and Nenad Krstić.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hitomi Kanehara ranks 3,370 out of 6,245. Before her are Hayato Okanaka (1968), Kensaku Omori (1975), Megumi Takase (1990), Hiroaki Nagashima (1967), Kanae Itō (1986), and Yūki Nagasato (1987). After her are Shusuke Shimada (1976), Kazuhiro Suzuki (1976), Hironari Iwamoto (1970), Yoshiyuki Sakamoto (1972), Toshiki Koike (1974), and Hikari Takagi (1993).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Hitomi Kanehara ranks 120. Before her are Reiko Yoshida (1967), Phyllis A. Whitney (1903), Sayaka Murata (1979), Nagaru Tanigawa (1970), Sui Ishida (1986), and Kaori Ekuni (1964).

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