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Michio Mado

1909 - 2014

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Michio Mado (まど・みちお, Mado Michio; 16 November 1909 – 28 February 2014) was a Japanese poet. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1994 for his "lasting contribution to children's literature". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michio Mado is the 5,690th most popular writer (down from 5,572nd in 2019), the 1,583rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,427th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Michio Mado ranks 5,690 out of 7,302. Before him are Lars Ahlin, Jean-Paul Dubois, William Boyd, Frank Belknap Long, Otokar Březina, and Bahaa Taher. After him are George William Russell, Dan Pagis, Darya Dontsova, T. C. Boyle, Natalena Koroleva, and Werewere Liking.

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Among people born in 1909, Michio Mado ranks 355. Before him are Sergey Gritsevets, Gregorio Blasco, Jean Taris, Virginia Bruce, Nobuo Arai, and Victorio Unamuno. After him are Dieter Borsche, Gregor Hradetzky, Wilhelmina von Bremen, Anatoly Maltsev, Wim Lagendaal, and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn. Among people deceased in 2014, Michio Mado ranks 433. Before him are Göte Hagström, Klaus Schmidt, Ibrahim Touré, Barbro Kollberg, Toimi Alatalo, and Washington Rodríguez. After him are Amiri Baraka, Irene Fernandez, Els Borst, Glenn Cornick, Elaine Stritch, and Carmen Zapata.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Michio Mado ranks 1,583 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuki Tazawa (1979), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), Yasumasa Kanada (1948), Yasutomi Nishizuka (1932), Kei Okami (1859), and Masanao Sasaki (1962). After him are Ryoichi Kawakatsu (1958), Yuriko Mizuma (1970), Ted Fujita (1920), William Phillips (null), Hiroki Matsubara (1973), and Keiji Fujiwara (1964).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Michio Mado ranks 109. Before him are Takeshi Shudo (1949), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), Takashi Tezuka (1960), Aya Kitō (1962), and Marie Kondo (1984). After him are Gen Urobuchi (1972), Jun Maeda (1975), Reki Kawahara (1974), Mieko Kawakami (1976), Reiko Yoshida (1967), and Phyllis A. Whitney (1903).

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