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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 90,276 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sakyo Komatsu is the 3,638th most popular writer (down from 3,434th in 2019), the 976th most popular biography from Japan (down from 925th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 90k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 3,638 out of 5,755Before him are Nikola Vaptsarov, Justus Jonas, Simon Leys, Viktor Nekrasov, Antoine Furetière, and Peter Bichsel. After him are Elaine May, Rube Goldberg, George Washington Williams, Lars Saabye Christensen, Jules Janin, and Lesches.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 255Before him are Alex Soler-Roig, Cemal Süreya, Ram Dass, Gene Wolfe, León Febres Cordero, and Kenny Burrell. After him are Michel Deville, Mordecai Richler, Dorothy Stang, Phil Woods, Donald Barthelme, and Walter Taibo. Among people deceased in 2011, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 206Before him are Harry Morgan, Karen Khachaturian, Arnfinn Bergmann, Hidemaro Watanabe, Jacques Fatton, and Inge Sørensen. After him are Nirmala Srivastava, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Mutassim Gaddafi, Sargent Shriver, Nicol Williamson, and Nate Dogg.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 976 out of 6,048Before him are Hidemaro Watanabe (1924), Ōmura Masujirō (1824), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), Tatsumi Kimishima (1950), Takuya Kimura (1972), and Akio Toyoda (1956). After him are Goro Yamada (1894), Yoko Kanno (1963), Yoshiki (1965), Rentarō Mikuni (1923), Masaki Yokotani (1952), and Akina Nakamori (1965).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 84Before him are Ennin (793), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), and Misuzu Kaneko (1903). After him are Fumiko Enchi (1905), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Shinichi Hoshi (1926), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), and Jien (1155).