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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. His books translated into English include There Was a Knock, a collection of 15 stories, and The Spiteful Planet and Other Stories. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shinichi Hoshi is the 4,059th most popular writer (down from 3,976th in 2019), the 1,134th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,075th in 2019) and the 85th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among writers, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 4,059 out of 7,302. Before him are Emmy Hennings, Andrejs Pumpurs, Bret Harte, Bohuslav Balbín, Emma Lazarus, and Marcel Jouhandeau. After him are Hồ Xuân Hương, Paul Fort, Adam Naruszewicz, Gene Wolfe, Louis Hémon, and Marc Levy.

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Among people born in 1926, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 285. Before him are Shigeru Kayano, Veikko Karvonen, Lou Donaldson, Julio César Britos, Armand Penverne, and José Alfredo Jiménez. After him are Julie London, Myung Rye-hyun, Vira Vovk, Julie Adams, Rafael Lesmes, and Joe Slovo. Among people deceased in 1997, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 178. Before him are Cahit Arf, Béla Barényi, Myrtle Bachelder, Dulce María Loynaz, Sándor Végh, and Jurek Becker. After him are Jarl Kulle, Tamara Tyshkevich, Erich Eliskases, Agnieszka Osiecka, Martin Kippenberger, and Brian Connolly.

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Among people born in Japan, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 1,134 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroki Iizuka (1978), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Minoru Chiaki (1917), Ikuo Matsumoto (1941), Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), and Mutsuhiro Watanabe (1918). After him are Kiyoshi Atsumi (1928), Masato Kudo (1990), Sumio Iijima (1939), Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Yasuji Miyazaki (1916), and Misuzu Kaneko (1903).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shinichi Hoshi ranks 85. Before him are Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Doppo Kunikida (1871), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Takeo Arishima (1878), Ryōtarō Shiba (1923), and Shuntarō Tanikawa (1931). After him are Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Masuji Ibuse (1898), Hiratsuka Raichō (1886), Yoko Tawada (1960), and Koji Suzuki (1957).

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