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Yasushi Inoue

1907 - 1991

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Yasushi Inoue (井上靖, Inoue Yasushi; May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991) was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories, poetry and essays, noted for his historical and autobiographical fiction. His most acclaimed works include The Bullfight (Tōgyū, 1949), The Roof Tile of Tempyō (Tenpyō no iraka, 1957) and Tun-huang (Tonkō, 1959). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yasushi Inoue is the 2,504th most popular writer (up from 2,721st in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from Japan (up from 802nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yasushi Inoue ranks 2,504 out of 7,302Before him are Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, René Crevel, Gennadiy Aygi, Mirra Alfassa, Charles Maturin, and Tom Wilson. After him are Cigerxwîn, Banana Yoshimoto, Peter of Dusburg, Joyce Meyer, Al-Farazdaq, and Pascal Quignard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Yasushi Inoue ranks 135Before him are Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Fay Wray, August Eigruber, Roberto Cherro, Enrique Líster, and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. After him are Bruno Munari, John Anderson, Bo Gu, Max Pauly, Yves Allégret, and Rudolf Peierls. Among people deceased in 1991, Yasushi Inoue ranks 92Before him are Berenice Abbott, Kevin Peter Hall, Vasko Popa, Edmond Jabès, Alex North, and Andrzej Panufnik. After him are Schubert Gambetta, Mikheil Meskhi, Gino Colaussi, Richard Thorpe, Carmine Coppola, and Artur Lundkvist.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasushi Inoue ranks 791 out of 6,245Before him are Matome Ugaki (1890), Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867), Ashikaga Yoshinori (1394), Eiji Toyoda (1913), Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852), and Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941). After him are Takeshi Ono (1944), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Naoko Takeuchi (1967), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (1958), and Masami Kurumada (1953).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Yasushi Inoue ranks 49Before him are Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Keigo Higashino (1958), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), and Atsushi Nakajima (1909). After him are Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Ikki Kita (1883), Ki no Tsurayuki (866), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), and Ryōkan (1758).