# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/toshio-shimao
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:53:27.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/toshio-shimao"
name: "Toshio Shimao"
slug: "toshio-shimao"
description: "Toshio Shimao  was a Japanese novelist. He has been called a \"writer's writer\", which is used as both a compliment and criticism."
tagline: "Japanese writer (1917–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toshio-Shimao-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1917-04-18"
deathDate: "1986-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.957422666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793606/"
    handle:    "nm0793606"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%9B%E5%B0%BE%E6%95%8F%E9%9B%84"
    title: "岛尾敏雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "توشيو شيماو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Shimao"
    title: "Toshio Shimao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimao_Toshio"
    title: "Shimao Toshio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Shimao"
    title: "Toshio Shimao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Shimao"
    title: "Toshio Shimao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B3%B6%E5%B0%BE%E6%95%8F%E9%9B%84"
    title: "島尾敏雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE"
    title: "Симао, Тосио"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1968679"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1087763"
    title: "Toshio Shimao"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump