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Naoya Shiga

1883 - 1971

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Naoya Shiga (志賀直哉, Shiga Naoya, February 20, 1883 – October 21, 1971) was a Japanese writer active during the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan, whose work was distinguished by its lucid, straightforward style and strong autobiographical overtones. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naoya Shiga has received more than 93,405 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Naoya Shiga is the 2,639th most popular writer (up from 2,799th in 2019), the 781st most popular biography from Japan (up from 809th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 93k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Naoya Shiga ranks 2,639 out of 5,755. Before him are May Ziade, Shulamith Firestone, Joseph Delaney, Ibn Kemal, Esaias Tegnér, and Ngaio Marsh. After him are Avetik Isahakyan, Liviu Rebreanu, László Krasznahorkai, Jerzy Andrzejewski, U. R. Ananthamurthy, and Tayeb Salih.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Naoya Shiga ranks 121. Before him are Rudolf Spielmann, Diego Martínez Barrio, Nikolai Luzin, Cho Man-sik, Max Fleischer, and Ikki Kita. After him are Olga Kameneva, Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Hasui Kawase, Indalecio Prieto, Henri Maspero, and Vladimir Kappel. Among people deceased in 1971, Naoya Shiga ranks 91. Before him are Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Ralph Bunche, Georgi Asparuhov, Albin Stenroos, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, and Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Mikhail Romm, Fritz von Opel, Gertrud von Le Fort, William Tubman, Thomas E. Dewey, and Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoya Shiga ranks 781 out of 6,048. Before him are Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Sanjō Sanetomi (1837), Eiko Ishioka (1938), Yasushi Inoue (1907), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), and Tasuku Honjo (1942). After him are Sho Kosugi (1948), Kirin Kiki (1943), Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), Kodama Gentarō (1852), Kiyoshi Tomizawa (1943), and Mitsuru Adachi (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Naoya Shiga ranks 65. Before him are Shūji Terayama (1935), Seichō Matsumoto (1909), Ikki Kita (1883), Banana Yoshimoto (1964), Yasushi Inoue (1907), and Takuboku Ishikawa (1886). After him are Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Takeo Arishima (1878), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), and Tōson Shimazaki (1872).

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