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Yūko Tsushima

1947 - 2016

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Satoko Tsushima (30 March 1947 – 18 February 2016), known by her pen name Yūko Tsushima (津島 佑子 Tsushima Yūko), was a Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic. Tsushima won many of Japan's top literary prizes in her career, including the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Noma Literary Prize, the Yomiuri Prize and the Tanizaki Prize. The New York Times called Tsushima "one of the most important writers of her generation." Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yūko Tsushima is the 2,994th most popular writer (down from 2,890th in 2019), the 907th most popular biography from Japan (down from 847th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yūko Tsushima ranks 2,994 out of 7,302. Before her are Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, Bruce Sterling, Friedrich von Lütke, Xanthus, Heinrich Vogeler, and Francis Beaumont. After her are R. A. Salvatore, Georg Herwegh, Grigol Abashidze, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Terentianus, and Hans Aanrud.

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Among people born in 1947, Yūko Tsushima ranks 300. Before her are Joe Walsh, Meiko Kaji, Mick Box, Bobby Kimball, Julie Driscoll Tippetts, and Hristo Bonev. After her are Tessa Jowell, Michel Berger, Carlos Lopes, Robertino Loreti, Ann Hui, and Sammy Hagar. Among people deceased in 2016, Yūko Tsushima ranks 203. Before her are Susannah Mushatt Jones, Patty Duke, David Huddleston, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Arthur Hiller, and Mahasweta Devi. After her are Fazil Iskander, Scotty Moore, Nina Ponomaryova, Bernard Fox, Ramón Castro Ruz, and Martin Lundström.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yūko Tsushima ranks 907 out of 6,245. Before her are Peter Doi (1892), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Masuzo Madono (null), Yoshito Usui (1958), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), and Hidetoki Takahashi (1916). After her are Kenzo Yokoyama (1943), Hiroshi Yoshida (1958), Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940), Takayoshi Yamano (1955), Koichi Kudo (1909), and Kodama Gentarō (1852).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Yūko Tsushima ranks 64. Before her are Ennin (793), Shūji Terayama (1935), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Saigyō (1118), George Ohsawa (1893), and Fumiko Hayashi (1903). After her are Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Jien (1155), and Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934).

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