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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

1886 - 1965

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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎 潤一郎, Tanizaki Jun'ichirō; 24 July 1886 – 30 July 1965) was a Japanese author who is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in modern Japanese literature. The tone and subject matter of his work range from shocking depictions of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions to subtle portrayals of the dynamics of family life within the context of the rapid changes in 20th-century Japanese society. Frequently, his stories are narrated in the context of a search for cultural identity in which the West and Japanese tradition are juxtaposed. He was one of six authors on the final shortlist for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, the year before his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jun'ichirō Tanizaki is the 786th most popular writer (down from 751st in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Japan (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Writer.

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki is most famous for his sexual writings.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 786 out of 7,302. Before him are Valerius Maximus, Otto of Freising, Achim von Arnim, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Ben Jonson, and Jerome K. Jerome. After him are Gnaeus Naevius, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Tao Yuanming, Jan Potocki, Edward Bernays, and Wang Wei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 35. Before him are Karl Polanyi, Gerda Wegener, Hugo Ball, Michael Curtiz, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, and Kurt Koffka. After him are George Mallory, Aron Nimzowitsch, Marcel Dupré, Henri Coandă, Dong Biwu, and Paul Tillich. Among people deceased in 1965, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 24. Before him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Maxime Weygand, Louise Mountbatten, Nat King Cole, and Dorothea Lange. After him are Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Helena Rubinstein, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Paul Tillich, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, and Louis Hjelmslev.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 131 out of 6,245. Before him are Jiro Horikoshi (1903), Emperor Kōan (-427), Ko Yong-hui (1952), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Ko Arima (1917), and Emperor Reigen (1654). After him are Yukio Tsuda (1917), Masao Ono (1923), Issei Sagawa (1949), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), and Zeami Motokiyo (1363).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki ranks 14. Before him are Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Sei Shōnagon (966), and Kōbō Abe (1924). After him are Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Masaru Emoto (1943), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Shoko Asahara (1955), Yosa Buson (1716), and Mori Ōgai (1862).

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