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Sakutarō Hagiwara

1886 - 1942

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Sakutarō Hagiwara (萩原 朔太郎, Hagiwara Sakutarō; 1 November 1886 – 11 May 1942) was a Japanese writer of free verse, active in the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. He liberated Japanese free verse from the grip of traditional rules, and he is considered the "father of modern colloquial poetry in Japan". He published many volumes of essays, literary and cultural criticism, and aphorisms over his long career. His unique style of verse expressed his doubts about existence, and his fears, ennui, and anger through the use of dark images and unambiguous wording. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sakutarō Hagiwara is the 4,952nd most popular writer (down from 4,687th in 2019), the 1,352nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,220th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Sakutarō Hagiwara ranks 4,952 out of 7,302. Before him are Dagmar Lange, Carrie Nation, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Robert Lowell, Aagje Deken, and Juan Zorrilla de San Martín. After him are Eugippius, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Miles Franklin, W. W. Jacobs, Choʻlpon, and Ajdar Ismailov.

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Among people born in 1886, Sakutarō Hagiwara ranks 240. Before him are Urho Castrén, Pranas Dovydaitis, Tomás Romero Pereira, Arthur Russell, Maithili Sharan Gupt, and May Sutton. After him are Aleksei Kruchyonykh, Manuel Bandeira, Carl Hårleman, Hanns Braun, Hugo Jahnke, and Haakon Sörvik. Among people deceased in 1942, Sakutarō Hagiwara ranks 203. Before him are Pranas Dovydaitis, Jüri Jaakson, Gertrud Adelborg, Clinton Hart Merriam, Mel Sheppard, and Ruth Maier. After him are Hermann Harms, May Robson, Adolphe Grisel, Hernando Siles Reyes, Mariya Polivanova, and Vladimir Burtsev.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sakutarō Hagiwara ranks 1,352 out of 6,245. Before him are Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Kaoru Ikeya (1943), Yoshihiko Matsuoka (1977), Yoshikazu Nagai (1952), Rinko Kikuchi (1981), and Atsushi Matsuura (1981). After him are Nobuyuki Oishi (1974), Kazuki Ito (1987), Akie Abe (1962), Yoko Kanno (1963), Koichi Wakata (1963), and Kazuhiko Nishijima (1926).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Sakutarō Hagiwara ranks 101. Before him are Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Michitsuna's mother (935), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), and Riichi Yokomitsu (1898). After him are Tomoji Abe (1903), Takeshi Shudo (1949), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), Takashi Tezuka (1960), and Aya Kitō (1962).

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