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Ryū Murakami

1952 - Today

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Ryū Murakami (村上 龍, Murakami Ryū; born February 19, 1952) is a Japanese novelist, essayist and filmmaker. His novels explore human nature through themes of disillusion, drug use, surrealism, murder and war, set against the dark backdrop of Japan. His best known novels are Almost Transparent Blue, Audition, Coin Locker Babies, and In the Miso Soup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ryū Murakami is the 1,686th most popular writer (down from 1,417th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Japan (down from 367th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Ryū Murakami ranks 1,686 out of 7,302. Before him are Vita Sackville-West, Varro Atacinus, Lina Kostenko, Ahmed Shawqi, Gil Vicente, and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. After him are Jacopo Sannazaro, Anne Desclos, Michael Cunningham, Mahadevi Varma, François Pierre La Varenne, and Karen Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ryū Murakami ranks 118. Before him are Eric Adams, Joe Strummer, Joel Silver, Graham Greene, Jack W. Szostak, and Roger Y. Tsien. After him are Michael Cunningham, Krystyna Janda, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Michael Jeter, Mary McDonnell, and Chen Kaige.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryū Murakami ranks 558 out of 6,245. Before him are Taira no Masakado (903), Emperor Ichijō (980), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Tokugawa Ieshige (1712), Ryozo Suzuki (1939), and Hajime Sugiyama (1880). After him are Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840), Ryuzo Hiraki (1931), Nobutake Kondō (1886), Seiichi Itō (1890), Emperor Shirakawa (1053), and Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Ryū Murakami ranks 31. Before him are Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653), Ihara Saikaku (1642), Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), Ueda Akinari (1734), and Akiyuki Nosaka (1930). After him are Yosano Akiko (1878), Shūsaku Endō (1923), Junji Ito (1963), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), and Masaoka Shiki (1867).

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