WRITER

Sakyo Komatsu

1931 - 2011

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Sakyo Komatsu (小松 左京, Komatsu Sakyō, January 28, 1931 – July 26, 2011) was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sakyo Komatsu has received more than 96,845 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sakyo Komatsu is the 4,482nd most popular writer (down from 3,625th in 2019), the 1,177th most popular biography from Japan (down from 973rd in 2019) and the 95th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 97k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Virus
Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, technological
2012
Nippon chinbotsu
1973
Japan Sinks
Catastrophes (Geology), FICTION / Science Fiction / High Tech, FICTION / Horror
1995
Nihon chinbotsu
1973
La submersion du Japon
1977
Japan Sinks
Fiction, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author)
> After dropping anchor for the night near a small island to the south of Japan, a crew of fishermen awaken to find that the island has vanished without a trace. An investigating scientist theorizes that the tiny island has succumbed to the same force that divided the Japanese archipelago from the mainland ― and that the disastrous shifting of a fault in the Japan Trench has placed the entire country in danger of being swallowed by the sea. >Based on rigorous scientific speculation, *Japan Sinks* recounts a completely credible series of geological events. The story unfolds from multiple points of view, offering fascinating perspectives on the catastrophe's political, social, and psychological effects. Winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and the Seiun Award, this prescient 1973 science-fiction novel foreshadowed the consequences of the 1995 Osaka-Kobe earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
1976
Japan Sinks
Catastrophes (Geology), FICTION / Science Fiction / High Tech, FICTION / Horror
1995
Nippon chinbotsu
1973
La submersion du Japon
1977
Japan Sinks
Fiction, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author)
> After dropping anchor for the night near a small island to the south of Japan, a crew of fishermen awaken to find that the island has vanished without a trace. An investigating scientist theorizes that the tiny island has succumbed to the same force that divided the Japanese archipelago from the mainland ― and that the disastrous shifting of a fault in the Japan Trench has placed the entire country in danger of being swallowed by the sea. >Based on rigorous scientific speculation, *Japan Sinks* recounts a completely credible series of geological events. The story unfolds from multiple points of view, offering fascinating perspectives on the catastrophe's political, social, and psychological effects. Winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and the Seiun Award, this prescient 1973 science-fiction novel foreshadowed the consequences of the 1995 Osaka-Kobe earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
1976
Nihon chinbotsu
1973
Virus
Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, technological
2012
Japan Sinks
Fiction, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author)
> After dropping anchor for the night near a small island to the south of Japan, a crew of fishermen awaken to find that the island has vanished without a trace. An investigating scientist theorizes that the tiny island has succumbed to the same force that divided the Japanese archipelago from the mainland ― and that the disastrous shifting of a fault in the Japan Trench has placed the entire country in danger of being swallowed by the sea. >Based on rigorous scientific speculation, *Japan Sinks* recounts a completely credible series of geological events. The story unfolds from multiple points of view, offering fascinating perspectives on the catastrophe's political, social, and psychological effects. Winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award and the Seiun Award, this prescient 1973 science-fiction novel foreshadowed the consequences of the 1995 Osaka-Kobe earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
1976
La submersion du Japon
1977
Nihon chinbotsu
1973
Virus
Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, technological
2012
Japan Sinks
Catastrophes (Geology), FICTION / Science Fiction / High Tech, FICTION / Horror
1995
Nippon chinbotsu
1973

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 4,482 out of 7,302. Before him are Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Sofia Yablonska, Cecil Day-Lewis, and Saneatsu Mushanokōji. After him are Itzik Feffer, Turan Dursun, El-Registan, Reginald Rose, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, and Walter Savage Landor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 329. Before him are Olja Ivanjicki, Mike Parkes, Ingrid van Bergen, Lonnie Donegan, Hennadiy Udovenko, and Greg. After him are Madeleine Berthod, Jorge Edwards, Wynton Kelly, Murad Wilfried Hofmann, André Noyelle, and Diana Dors. Among people deceased in 2011, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 268. Before him are Alenush Terian, Francesco Quinn, Grete Waitz, Scott Columbus, Nate Dogg, and Amparo Muñoz. After him are Ken Olsen, Geraldine Ferraro, Clemar Bucci, Tura Satana, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, and Wilson Greatbatch.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 1,177 out of 6,245. Before him are Takumi Minamino (1995), Noriko Ohara (1935), Banjō Ginga (1948), Kiichiro Higuchi (1888), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), and Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885). After him are Kunio Maekawa (1905), Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930), Hideo Nakata (1961), Seiki Ichihara (1950), Tura Satana (1938), and Ikuo Takahara (1957).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 95. Before him are Hiromi Kawakami (1958), Miyamoto Yuriko (1899), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), and Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885). After him are Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931), Koji Suzuki (1957), Yoko Tawada (1960), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), and Riichi Yokomitsu (1898).

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