Hitoshi Igarashi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hitoshi Igarashi

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1947

Place of Birth: Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1991

Profession: writer, translator, faculty member

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hitoshi Igarashi (??? ?, Igarashi Hitoshi, 10 June 1947 – 12 July 1991) 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 Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for the death of the book's author and "those involved in its publication."