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Hitoshi Igarashi

1947 - 1991

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Hitoshi Igarashi (五十嵐 一, Igarashi Hitoshi, 10 June 1947 – 11 July 1991) was a Japanese scholar of Arabic and Persian literature and history and the Japanese translator of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hitoshi Igarashi has received more than 485,172 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hitoshi Igarashi is the 3,116th most popular writer (up from 3,761st in 2019), the 864th most popular biography from Japan (up from 976th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 490k

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  • 51.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hitoshi Igarashi ranks 3,116 out of 5,755. Before him are Theodor Kallifatides, Curt von Bardeleben, Charles Kingsley, Branwell Brontë, Branko Radičević, and Cecil Day-Lewis. After him are Theodore Bibliander, László Polgár, Zivia Lubetkin, Maximilian Voloshin, Richard Dehmel, and Max Aub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Hitoshi Igarashi ranks 263. Before him are Michel Berger, Orlan, Sammy Hagar, Marcello Semeraro, Jennifer Warnes, and Stéphane Courtois. After him are Ann Hui, Gunnar Hansen, Stefan Persson, Bogdan Tanjević, Pauline Moran, and Fernando Savater. Among people deceased in 1991, Hitoshi Igarashi ranks 117. Before him are Mario Scelba, Andrzej Panufnik, Abderrahmane Farès, Vilma Bánky, Louis Seigner, and Roy Black. After him are Mort Shuman, Nicholas Poppe, Fred MacMurray, Dagmar Lange, Luigi Zampa, and Billy Vaughn.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hitoshi Igarashi ranks 864 out of 6,048. Before him are Tomomi Seo (1950), Takizawa Bakin (1767), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Tarō Kōno (1963), and Norio Ohga (1930). After him are Koichi Tohei (1920), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), Futabatei Shimei (1864), and Akinori Nakayama (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Hitoshi Igarashi ranks 70. Before him are Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Naoya Shiga (1883), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Takeo Arishima (1878), and Fumiko Hayashi (1903). After him are Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Kafū Nagai (1879), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Kan Kikuchi (1888), and Ryōtarō Shiba (1923).

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