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Seichō Matsumoto

1909 - 1992

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Seichō Matsumoto (松本 清張, Matsumoto Seichō; December 21, 1909 – August 4, 1992; born Kiyoharu Matsumoto) was a Japanese writer, credited with popularizing detective fiction in Japan. Matsumoto's works broke new ground by incorporating elements of human psychology and ordinary life. His works often reflect a wider social context and postwar nihilism that expanded the scope and further darkened the atmosphere of the genre. His exposé of corruption among police officials and criminals was a new addition to the field. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seichō Matsumoto is the 2,214th most popular writer (up from 2,538th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from Japan (up from 751st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 2,214 out of 7,302. Before him are Georg Heym, Emile Habibi, Alessandro Baricco, Eva Schloss, Katherine Jackson, and Tadeusz Borowski. After him are Edward Young, Gaston Paris, Pierre Gamarra, John Skelton, Matthieu Ricard, and Anton Hansen Tammsaare.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 109. Before him are Karl Schäfer, Roberto Burle Marx, C. Northcote Parkinson, Dorothy Round, Sigmund Rascher, and Héctor José Cámpora. After him are Wolfgang Reitherman, Pavle Đurišić, Juan José Nogués, Patricia Hayes, Homi J. Bhabha, and Franz Six. Among people deceased in 1992, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 98. Before him are Camarón de la Isla, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Heinrich Eberbach, Suleiman Frangieh, Giorgio Perlasca, and Nie Rongzhen. After him are Ajahn Chah, Néstor Almendros, Wang Hongwen, Jean Dieudonné, Allen Newell, and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 734 out of 6,245. Before him are Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Nakano Takeko (1847), Choei Sato (1951), Ogata Kōrin (1658), and Kon Ichikawa (1915). After him are Tatsuhiko Seta (1952), Shintaro Abe (1924), Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), and Akiko Wakabayashi (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Seichō Matsumoto ranks 43. Before him are Masaoka Shiki (1867), Chūya Nakahara (1907), Eiji Tsuburaya (1901), Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931), Yoshida Kenkō (1283), and Izumi Shikibu (976). After him are Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Keigo Higashino (1958), Kyōka Izumi (1873), Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (662), Atsushi Nakajima (1909), and Yasushi Inoue (1907).

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