# Hitoshi Igarashi

> Hitoshi Igarashi  was a Japanese scholar of Arabic and Persian literature and history and the Japanese translator of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses. He was murdered in the wake of fatwas issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran – who, by the time of Igarashi's murder, had died – calling for the death of the book's author and "those involved in its publication." His murder remains unsolved.

*Japanese writer (1947-1991)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/hitoshi-igarashi

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1947-06-10
- **Died:** 1991-07-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 16.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [五十嵐一](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%94%E5%8D%81%E5%B5%90%E4%B8%80)
- [هيتوشي إيغاراشي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A)
- [هيتوشى ايجاراشى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89)
- [هیتوشی ایقاراشی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C)
- [Hitoshi Igarashi](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Igarashi)
- [ھیتۆشی ئیگاراشی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%86%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C)
- [Χιτόσι Ιγκαράσι](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%B9_%CE%99%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9)
- [Hitoshi Igarashi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Igarashi)
- [Hitoshi Igarashi](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Igarashi)
- [هیتوشی ایگاراشی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C)
- [Hitoshi Igarashi](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Igarashi)
- [היטושי איגראשי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99)
- [Hitoshi Igarashi](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Igarashi)
- [Hitoshi Igarashi](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Igarashi)
- [五十嵐一](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%94%E5%8D%81%E5%B5%90%E4%B8%80)
- [이가라시 히토시](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EA%B0%80%EB%9D%BC%EC%8B%9C_%ED%9E%88%ED%86%A0%EC%8B%9C)
- [Hitoshi Igarashi](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Igarashi)
- [Игараси, Хитоси](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8)
- [Hitoshi Igarashi](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitoshi_Igarashi)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1189540)

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