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Riichi Yokomitsu

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Riichi Yokomitsu

Riichi Yokomitsu (横光 利一, Yokomitsu Riichi, 17 March – 30 December ) was an experimental, modernist Japanese writer. Yokomitsu began publishing in dōjinshi such as Machi ("Street") and Tō ("Tower") after entering Waseda University in In , he published Nichirin ("The Sun"), Hae ("A Fly") and more in the magazine Bungeishunjū, which made his name popular. Read more on Wikipedia

Since , the English Wikipedia page of Riichi Yokomitsu has received more than 46, page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Riichi Yokomitsu is the 5,th most popular writer (down from 4,th in ), the 1,th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,th in ) and the st most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 5, out of 7, Before him are Jacques Chessex, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Amitav Ghosh, Alfhild Agrell, Max Beerbohm, and William Davenant. After him are Elaine May, Savo Kostadinovski, Shankha Ghosh, Frank Heller, Charlotte Casiraghi, and María Teresa León.

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  • Jacques Chessex

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    Rank: 5,

  • Ramón Pérez de Ayala

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    Rank: 5,

  • Amitav Ghosh

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    Rank: 5,

  • Alfhild Agrell

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    Rank: 5,

  • Max Beerbohm

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    Rank: 5,

  • William Davenant

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    Rank: 5,

  • Riichi Yokomitsu

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    Rank: 5,

  • Elaine May

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    Rank: 5,

  • Savo Kostadinovski

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    Rank: 5,

  • Shankha Ghosh

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    Rank: 5,

  • Frank Heller

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    Rank: 5,

  • Charlotte Casiraghi

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    Rank: 5,

  • María Teresa León

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    Rank: 5,

Contemporaries

Among people born in , Riichi Yokomitsu ranks . Before him are Georgy Langemak, Rosa Chacel, William Astbury, Kay Sage, William Jordan, and Georg Kulenkampff. After him are Luis Muñoz Marín, John Grierson, Johan Richthoff, Wallace Ford, Ernst Ahl, and Arnold Chikobava. Among people deceased in , Riichi Yokomitsu ranks . Before him are Georg Schnéevoigt, Frederick Russell Burnham, José Pardo y Barreda, Albert Bruce Jackson, Ossi Oswalda, and Edwin Hedley. After him are Frank Heller, Ellsworth Huntington, August Blom, Nikolai Chebotaryov, Miguel Abadía Méndez, and Erich Hecke.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks 1, out of 6, Before him are Yoshiaki Arata (), Mikio Aoki (), Takehide Nakatani (), Hitoshi Matsumoto (), Mamoru Mohri (), and Masaru Uchiyama (). After him are Maya Yoshida (), Kazuo Saito (), Hironobu Kageyama (), Takeshi Shudo (), Toshiyuki Morikawa (), and Shu Kamo ().

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  • Yoshiaki Arata

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    Rank: 1,

  • Mikio Aoki

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  • Takehide Nakatani

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  • Hitoshi Matsumoto

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    Rank: 1,

  • Mamoru Mohri

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    Rank: 1,

  • Masaru Uchiyama

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    Rank: 1,

  • Riichi Yokomitsu

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  • Maya Yoshida

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  • Kazuo Saito

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    Rank: 1,

  • Hironobu Kageyama

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    Rank: 1,

  • Takeshi Shudo

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    Rank: 1,

  • Toshiyuki Morikawa

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  • Shu Kamo

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    Rank: 1,

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Riichi Yokomitsu ranks . Before him are Sakyo Komatsu (), Shuntarō Tanikawa (), Koji Suzuki (), Yoko Tawada (), Sakutarō Hagiwara (), and Shōhei Ōoka (). After him are Takeshi Shudo (), Kenjirō Tokutomi (), Takashi Tezuka (), Kitamura Tokoku (), Aya Kitō (), and Michio Mado ().

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