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Michiko Yamamoto is read about 11 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Michiko Yamamoto is the professional name of Michiko Furuya , a Japanese writer and poet. Yamamoto won the Shincho Prize for New Writers, the Akutagawa Prize, and the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature.
A life in dates
2026Died29 January 20261995Shimase Romantic Literature PrizeAward1993Izumi Kyōka Prize for LiteratureAward1985Women's Literature PrizeAward1972Akutagawa PrizeAward1936Born4 December 1936
Awards
About this person
Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 2026 · aged 89
In common with Michiko
Yoshinaga FujitaBoth received Shimase Romantic Literature PrizeYōko HagiwaraBoth received Women's Literature PrizeAreno InoueBoth received Shimase Romantic Literature Prize
Tsuneko NakazatoBoth received Women's Literature Prize
Mariko KoikeBoth received Shimase Romantic Literature Prize
Tomie ŌharaBoth received Women's Literature Prize
Tsuneko NakazatoBoth received Women's Literature PrizeMariko KoikeBoth received Shimase Romantic Literature PrizeTomie ŌharaBoth received Women's Literature PrizeFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.