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WRITER

Shinichi Hoshi

1926 - 1997

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Shin’ichi Hoshi (星 新一 Hoshi Shin'ichi, September 6, 1926 – December 30, 1997) was a Japanese novelist and science fiction writer best known for his "short-short" science fiction stories, often no more than three or four pages in length, of which he wrote over 1000. He also wrote mysteries and won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Mōsō Ginkō (Delusion Bank) in 1968. One of his short stories, "Bokko-chan" ("Miss Bokko"), was translated into English and published in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in June 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shinichi Hoshi has received more than 84,731 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Shinichi Hoshi is the 3,807th most popular writer (down from 3,605th in 2019), the 1,007th most popular biography from Japan (down from 959th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 85k

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

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  • 3.62

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 3,807 out of 5,755Before him are Kim Stanley Robinson, James Redfield, Mary Renault, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Václav Hanka, and Ferdinand Brunetière. After him are Ricardo Piglia, Jan Brzechwa, Bahram Beyzai, Dmitry Grigorovich, Alaiza Pashkevich, and Mikhail Zhvanetsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 245Before him are James Krüss, Ian Paisley, Veikko Karvonen, Salvador Jorge Blanco, George C. Williams, and Stanley Cavell. After him are Alfred Pfaff, Julio César Britos, Juan Hohberg, Pascual Pérez, Geoffrey Howe, and Alina Szapocznikow. Among people deceased in 1997, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 161Before him are Natallia Arsiennieva, James Krüss, Robert Pinget, William Hickey, Juan Burgueño, and Tony Williams. After him are Denver Pyle, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Jurek Becker, Arthur Machado, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Jarl Kulle.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 1,007 out of 6,048Before him are Masuji Ibuse (1898), Yukio Ozaki (1858), Shirase Nobu (1861), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), and Ryuzo Hiraki (1931). After him are Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), Mutsu Munemitsu (1844), Ayumi Hamasaki (1978), Gozo Shioda (1915), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), and Shunryū Suzuki (1904).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 87Before him are Ai Yazawa (1967), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Sakyo Komatsu (1931), Fumiko Enchi (1905), and Masuji Ibuse (1898). After him are Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Jien (1155), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Koji Suzuki (1957), and Yōko Ogawa (1962).