WRITER

Shūsaku Endō

1923 - 1996

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Shūsaku Endō (遠藤 周作, Endō Shūsaku; March 27, 1923 – September 29, 1996) was a Japanese author who wrote from the perspective of a Japanese Catholic. Internationally, he is known for his 1966 historical fiction novel Silence, which was adapted into a 2016 film of the same name by director Martin Scorsese. He was the laureate of several prestigious literary accolades, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Order of Culture, and was inducted into the Roman Catholic Order of St. Sylvester by Pope Paul VI. Together with Junnosuke Yoshiyuki, Shōtarō Yasuoka, Junzo Shono, Hiroyuki Agawa, Ayako Sono (also Catholic), and Shumon Miura, Endō is categorized as part of the "Third Generation" (that is, the third major group of Japanese writers to appear after World War II). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shūsaku Endō is the 1,764th most popular writer (down from 1,019th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 205th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shūsaku Endō ranks 1,764 out of 7,302. Before him are Adalberon, Antonio Skármeta, Nora Ephron, Minna Canth, Silvina Ocampo, and Baba Tahir. After him are Junji Ito, Dominique Venner, Marie Under, R. L. Stine, Aphra Behn, and François Coppée.

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Among people born in 1923, Shūsaku Endō ranks 100. Before him are Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Hank Williams, Ernest Mandel, Yves Bonnefoy, André Gorz, and Albert King. After him are Bettie Page, Antony Flew, Edward Mulhare, Otfried Preußler, Madeleine Lebeau, and Yaşar Kemal. Among people deceased in 1996, Shūsaku Endō ranks 79. Before him are Mary Leakey, Hans Blumenberg, Bob Paisley, Michel Debré, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, and Pavel Sudoplatov. After him are Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Amos Tversky, Ron Brown, Greer Garson, Virginia Cherrill, and Albert R. Broccoli.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shūsaku Endō ranks 583 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideyo Noguchi (1876), Saitō Makoto (1858), Rei Kawakubo (1942), Masayoshi Ōhira (1910), Tsutomu Hata (1935), and Emperor Murakami (926). After him are Hideaki Anno (1960), Junji Ito (1963), Satoshi Kon (1963), Miho Kaneda (1950), Saichō (767), and Yasuji Okamura (1884).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shūsaku Endō ranks 33. Before him are Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Ichiyō Higuchi (1872), Ueda Akinari (1734), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Ryū Murakami (1952), and Yosano Akiko (1878). After him are Junji Ito (1963), Katsu Kaishū (1823), Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Chūya Nakahara (1907), and Eiji Tsuburaya (1901).

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