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Miyamoto Yuriko

1899 - 1951

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Miyamoto Yuriko (宮本 百合子; née Chūjō (中條); 13 February 1899 – 21 January 1951) was a Japanese novelist, short-story writer, social activist, and literary critic active during the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of Japan. She is best known for her autobiographical fiction and involvement in proletarian and women's liberation movements. Miyamoto began writing while she was still in school. She traveled for several years to the United States and the Soviet Union before returning to Japan, where her works were heavily censored and she was imprisoned repeatedly for her political views. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miyamoto Yuriko is the 5,072nd most popular writer (down from 4,180th in 2019), the 1,386th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,116th in 2019) and the 104th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Miyamoto Yuriko ranks 5,072 out of 7,302. Before her are Sarah Kane, Vasily Yan, George du Maurier, Amitav Ghosh, Takeshi Shudo, and Linda Grant. After her are Michiel de Swaen, Joseph Wambaugh, Alan Woods, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jean-Christophe Rufin, and Gesualdo Bufalino.

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Among people born in 1899, Miyamoto Yuriko ranks 243. Before her are Piero Dusio, Curtis Bernhardt, John Qualen, Ann Bishop, Américo Tesoriere, and George Călinescu. After her are Hans Jacob Nielsen, Yervand Kochar, Gregory Breit, Jacques Audiberti, John Bodkin Adams, and James Smith McDonnell. Among people deceased in 1951, Miyamoto Yuriko ranks 146. Before her are Nils Rosén, Ernie Collett, Urho Peltonen, Sigmund Romberg, Gunnar Lindström, and María Grever. After her are Adolf Spinnler, Edith Hannam, Pierre Braine, Joaquín Chapaprieta, Polydore Veirman, and Ignaty Krachkovsky.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Miyamoto Yuriko ranks 1,386 out of 6,245. Before her are Shinobu Sekine (1943), Tomoji Abe (1903), Masi Oka (1974), Takashi Seki (1978), Takekazu Asaka (1952), and Takeshi Shudo (1949). After her are Yasuhito Suzuki (1959), Hirohide Adachi (1999), Mamoru Mohri (1948), Eiji Hanayama (1977), Masaaki Yuasa (1965), and Yoshinobu Akao (1975).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Miyamoto Yuriko ranks 104. Before her are Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), Tomoji Abe (1903), and Takeshi Shudo (1949). After her are Kitamura Tokoku (1868), Takashi Tezuka (1960), Aya Kitō (1962), Marie Kondo (1984), Michio Mado (1909), and Gen Urobuchi (1972).

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