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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. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sakyo Komatsu is the 4,747th most popular writer (down from 4,482nd in 2019), the 1,288th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,177th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 4,747 out of 7,302. Before him are Dun Karm Psaila, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Ladislav Fuks, Vladimir Dudintsev, Vitaly Bianki, and David Belasco. After him are Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Mieke Bal, Hushang Ebtehaj, Joe Abercrombie, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, and Charles Brockden Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 373. Before him are Yves Dreyfus, Lindy Remigino, Janwillem van de Wetering, Mario Tronti, Phil Woods, and Skeeter Davis. After him are Shuhrat Abbosov, Paulo Maluf, Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Frédérick Tristan, Zakaria Tamer, and David Eddings. Among people deceased in 2011, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 295. Before him are Joanna Russ, Moacyr Scliar, Gil Scott-Heron, Stig Sundqvist, Boris Chertok, and Nate Dogg. After him are Clemar Bucci, Nusrat Bhutto, Vittorio De Seta, Ilmar Kullam, Aleksandar Petaković, and Mamoni Raisom Goswami.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 1,288 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Hōchū Ōtsuka (1954), Shoji Nishio (1927), Kazuo Imanishi (1941), Masamune Shirow (1961), and Yasushi Akimoto (1958). After him are Kenichi Ohmae (1943), Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1875), Sion Sono (1961), Kimiko Shiratori (1968), Haruko Sugimura (1909), and Masahiro Akimoto (1979).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Sakyo Komatsu ranks 96. Before him are Yoko Tawada (1960), Koji Suzuki (1957), Itō Noe (1895), Yōko Ogawa (1962), Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), and Yoshiki Tanaka (1952). After him are Michitsuna's mother (935), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), and Tomoji Abe (1903).

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