WRITER

Yōko Ogawa

1962 - Today

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Yōko Ogawa (小川 洋子, Ogawa Yōko; born March 30, 1962) is a Japanese writer. Her work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize. Internationally, she has been the recipient of the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. The Memory Police was also shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yōko Ogawa is the 4,445th most popular writer (down from 4,366th in 2019), the 1,229th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,156th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Yōko Ogawa ranks 4,445 out of 7,302. Before her are Kathy Acker, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Joe Eszterhas, Justine Siegemund, and Nicholas Pileggi. After her are Vladislav Khodasevich, Grace Elliott, Alexander Odoevsky, Peter Carey, Hanna Krall, and Margarita Aliger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Yōko Ogawa ranks 222. Before her are Stefan Kuntz, Predrag Bjelac, Bertrand Gachot, Birgit Fischer, Alexey Miller, and Sergey Kiriyenko. After her are Lian Ross, Tracy Chevalier, Talat Xhaferi, Mano Menezes, Mariela Castro, and Renato Portaluppi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yōko Ogawa ranks 1,229 out of 6,245. Before her are Satoshi Oishi (1972), Itō Noe (1895), Junko Ishida (1966), Miyoshi Umeki (1929), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), and Hideo Nakata (1961). After her are Sunao Tawara (1873), Michiko Matsuda (1966), Juzo Itami (1933), Shinichi Kawano (1969), Damo Suzuki (1950), and Chūhei Nambu (1904).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Yōko Ogawa ranks 93. Before her are Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Yoko Tawada (1960), Koji Suzuki (1957), and Itō Noe (1895). After her are Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Michitsuna's mother (935), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), and Shōhei Ōoka (1909).

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