WRITER

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 105,453 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Naoya Shiga is the 3,191st most popular writer (down from 2,631st in 2019), the 920th most popular biography from Japan (down from 779th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Naoya Shiga ranks 3,191 out of 7,302. Before him are Viktor Dyk, Ozaki Kōyō, Butrus al-Bustani, Vladislav Vančura, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, and Ildefonso Falcones. After him are Stefanie Zweig, Sigurd Hoel, Tiziano Terzani, C. S. Forester, Anne Tyler, and José Giovanni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Naoya Shiga ranks 141. Before him are Edwin Sutherland, Paul Bader, Ludwig Müller, Demyan Bedny, August Zaleski, and Yevgeny Vakhtangov. After him are Giovanni Pastrone, Mihály Babits, Eugen Leviné, Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Luigi Ganna, and Eleazar López Contreras. Among people deceased in 1971, Naoya Shiga ranks 106. Before him are Edith Tolkien, Paul Bader, Péter Szondi, Viliam Široký, Fritz von Opel, and Antonio Bacci. After him are Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Lester Germer, Gaito Gazdanov, Ignazio Giunti, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, and Henri Tomasi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoya Shiga ranks 920 out of 6,245. Before him are Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Ryuzo Hiraki (1931), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Toyohito Mochizuki (1953), and Ozaki Kōyō (1868). After him are Sayuri Yoshinaga (1945), Yuji Kishioku (1954), Genichi Taguchi (1924), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Akinori Nakayama (1943), and Haruo Nakajima (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Naoya Shiga ranks 72. Before him are Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Yūko Tsushima (1947), Takeo Arishima (1878), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), and Ozaki Kōyō (1868). After him are Kan Kikuchi (1888), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Ai Yazawa (1967), Itō Noe (1895), Kafū Nagai (1879), and Nobuko Yoshiya (1896).

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