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Shuntarō Tanikawa

1931 - 2024

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Shuntarō Tanikawa (谷川 俊太郎, Tanikawa Shuntarō; December 15, 1931 – November 13, 2024) was a Japanese poet and translator. He was considered to be one of the most widely read and highly regarded Japanese poets, both in Japan and abroad. The English translation of his poetry volume Floating the River in Melancholy, translated by William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura and illustrated by Yoko Sano, won the American Book Award in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shuntarō Tanikawa is the 3,977th most popular writer (up from 4,636th in 2019), the 1,115th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,206th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 3,977 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Murner, Hans Carossa, Ugo Betti, Hafez Ibrahim, Maurice Scève, and Marko Kropyvnytskyi. After him are Tarabai Shinde, Milovan Glišić, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Elia Abu Madi, and Edna O'Brien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 297. Before him are Lisbeth Palme, Hana Hegerová, Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III, Ahmed Laraki, Mikael Tariverdiev, and Tomás Balcázar. After him are Yevgeny Grishin, Frank Auerbach, Ruy Guerra, Gisela Birkemeyer, Madeleine Berthod, and Dimitar Dobrev. Among people deceased in 2024, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 275. Before him are Don Murray, Clement Quartey, Shigeharu Ueki, Daniela Hodrová, Robert Towne, and Willi Koslowski. After him are John Haglelgam, Edna O'Brien, Frank Auerbach, Paul Morrissey, Gisela Birkemeyer, and Denílson Custódio Machado.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 1,115 out of 6,245. Before him are Tamotsu Suzuki (1947), Machiko Hasegawa (1920), Ichirō Ozawa (1942), Chushiro Hayashi (1920), Hidetsugu Yagi (1886), and Ayumi Hamasaki (1978). After him are Yūsaku Matsuda (1949), Ōmura Masujirō (1824), Hisashi Owada (1932), Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874), Hiroyuki Usui (1953), and Norio Wakamoto (1945).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shuntarō Tanikawa ranks 84. Before him are Futabatei Shimei (1864), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Takeo Arishima (1878), and Ryōtarō Shiba (1923). After him are Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), and Yoko Tawada (1960).

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