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Masuji Ibuse

1898 - 1993

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Masuji Ibuse (井伏 鱒二, Ibuse Masuji; 15 February 1898 – 10 July 1993) was a Japanese author. His novel Black Rain, about the bombing of Hiroshima, was awarded the Noma Prize and the Order of Cultural Merit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masuji Ibuse is the 4,149th most popular writer (up from 4,206th in 2019), the 1,152nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,121st in 2019) and the 88th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Masuji Ibuse ranks 4,149 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Serafimovich, David Lagercrantz, Reinhard Bonnke, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Irmgard Keun, and Isabelle Collin Dufresne. After him are James Thurber, Juhan Smuul, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Pepetela, and Jan Brzechwa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Masuji Ibuse ranks 181. Before him are Bessie Love, Aksel Airo, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Simon Vestdijk, Arend Heyting, and Roald Larsen. After him are Jan Brzechwa, Yitzhak Kaduri, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Lily Pons, Hal B. Wallis, and Shirley Booth. Among people deceased in 1993, Masuji Ibuse ranks 167. Before him are Jiří Hájek, Guido del Mestri, Alexandre Trauner, Đuro Kurepa, Roger Michelot, and Mario Genta. After him are Sven Thofelt, Mohammad Natsir, Gustav Ernesaks, Friedrich Dickel, Fernando Lopez, and André Pilette.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masuji Ibuse ranks 1,152 out of 6,245. Before him are Aguri Suzuki (1960), Tite Kubo (1977), Chica Umino (null), Akira Kamiya (1946), Yumiko Igarashi (1950), and Shinichirō Watanabe (1965). After him are Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Akira Ifukube (1914), Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892), Masaaki Kato (1958), Hironobu Sakaguchi (1962), and Akihito Kusunose (1986).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Masuji Ibuse ranks 88. Before him are Takeo Arishima (1878), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), and Misuzu Kaneko (1903). After him are Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Yoko Tawada (1960), Koji Suzuki (1957), Itō Noe (1895), Yōko Ogawa (1962), and Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885).

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