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Misuzu Kaneko

1903 - 1930

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Misuzu Kaneko (金子 みすゞ, Kaneko Misuzu; April 11, 1903 – March 10, 1930) was a Japanese poet, known for her poetry for children. She was born Teru Kaneko (金子 テル, Kaneko Teru) in the fishing village of Senzaki, now part of Nagato, Yamaguchi prefecture. Motifs of fishing and the sea often make appearances in her poems. Celebrated during her lifetime, her works fell into obscurity after her death, until being rediscovered in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Misuzu Kaneko is the 4,105th most popular writer (down from 3,478th in 2019), the 1,140th most popular biography from Japan (down from 980th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 4,105 out of 7,302. Before her are Olaf Bull, Don Miguel Ruiz, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Simon Vestdijk, Johannes Linnankoski, and Judith Gautier. After her are Iraj Mirza, August Ahlqvist, Pashko Vasa, Moritz Steinschneider, Sven Lindqvist, and Mikayel Nalbandian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 208. Before her are Johann Horvath, Ona Munson, Anders Rydberg, Albrecht Haushofer, Earl Hines, and Domingo Tarasconi. After her are Doca, Wim Anderiesen, Franciska Gaal, Claude Dauphin, Hamilton Luske, and René Wellek. Among people deceased in 1930, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 87. Before her are Enrico Forlanini, Henri Jobier, Bill Tuttle, Mary Whiton Calkins, Albert von Le Coq, and Max Valier. After her are Alexander Bogomazov, Florbela Espanca, Herbert Hall Turner, Valeriano Weyler, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, and Prosper-René Blondlot.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 1,140 out of 6,245. Before her are Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), Masato Kudo (1990), Sumio Iijima (1939), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), and Yasuji Miyazaki (1916). After her are Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902), Kazuhiko Inoue (1954), Saigō Jūdō (1843), Moto Hagio (1949), Itō Sukeyuki (1843), and Aguri Suzuki (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Misuzu Kaneko ranks 87. Before her are Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Takeo Arishima (1878), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), and Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859). After her are Masuji Ibuse (1898), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Yoko Tawada (1960), Koji Suzuki (1957), Itō Noe (1895), and Yōko Ogawa (1962).

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