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Kafū Nagai

1879 - 1959

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Kafū Nagai (永井 荷風, Nagai Kafū; 3 December 1879 – 30 April 1959) was a Japanese writer, editor and translator. His works like Geisha in Rivalry and A Strange Tale from East of the River are noted for their depictions of life of the demimonde in early 20th-century Tokyo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kafū Nagai is the 3,348th most popular writer (up from 3,414th in 2019), the 986th most popular biography from Japan (down from 962nd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kafū Nagai ranks 3,348 out of 7,302. Before him are Uwe Johnson, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, Nathan Alterman, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, and Russell T Davies. After him are Mike Mentzer, Alexander Bestuzhev, Begum Rokeya, Olena Teliha, James Rollins, and Lucius Varius Rufus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Kafū Nagai ranks 124. Before him are Hermann Barrelet, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Prince Mirko of Montenegro, Frank Bridge, Friedrich Christiansen, and Joseph Canteloube. After him are Maud Menten, Petros Persakis, Ellen Gleditsch, Clemente Micara, Leonid Mandelstam, and Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1959, Kafū Nagai ranks 107. Before him are Bernard Berenson, Henri Vidal, Franz Blücher, Ramón Fonst, Georges Lefebvre, and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife. After him are Irving Cummings, Eero Lehtonen, Ki Hajar Dewantara, Edmund Gwenn, Kazimierz Bein, and Lipót Fejér.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kafū Nagai ranks 986 out of 6,245. Before him are Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Tanaka Hisashige (1799), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), Kirin Kiki (1943), and Keisuke Kinoshita (1912). After him are Naomi Osaka (1997), Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956), Yuko Shimizu (1946), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Koichi Tohei (1920), and Kan Kikuchi (1888).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Kafū Nagai ranks 72. Before him are Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Jien (1155), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), and Ango Sakaguchi (1906). After him are Kan Kikuchi (1888), Naoya Shiga (1883), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), and Futabatei Shimei (1864).

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