WRITER

Fumiko Enchi

1905 - 1986

Photo of Fumiko Enchi

Icon of person Fumiko Enchi

Fumiko Ueda (上田 富美, Ueda Fumiko; 2 October 1905 – 12 November 1986), known by her pen name Fumiko Enchi (円地 文子, Enchi Fumiko), was a Japanese writer and playwright known for her explorations into the ideas of sexuality, gender, human identity, and spirituality. She is considered one of the most prominent women writers of Shōwa period Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fumiko Enchi is the 3,098th most popular writer (down from 2,770th in 2019), the 935th most popular biography from Japan (down from 817th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Japanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Fumiko Enchi by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fumiko Enchi ranks 3,098 out of 7,302. Before her are Howard Fast, Alexey Troitsky, John Edward Williams, Laza Kostić, Johann Heinrich Voss, and Mukaghali Makatayev. After her are Francis Ponge, Alois Musil, Johan Bojer, Zivia Lubetkin, Richard Bandler, and E. L. Doctorow.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Fumiko Enchi ranks 160. Before her are Mildred Natwick, Joan Coromines, Pierre Brasseur, Harry Harlow, Étienne Mattler, and Sanford Meisner. After her are Harold Arlen, Rózsa Péter, Hans Freudenthal, Michael Tippett, Jan Gies, and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Among people deceased in 1986, Fumiko Enchi ranks 123. Before her are James H. Wilkinson, Nicholas Kaldor, Gregory Jarvis, Princess Anne of Orléans, Ivan Papanin, and Étienne Mattler. After her are Adolfo Baloncieri, Harold Arlen, Howard Da Silva, Ernst Lehner, Géza von Radványi, and D. R. Kaprekar.

Others Born in 1905

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1986

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fumiko Enchi ranks 935 out of 6,245. Before her are Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Yamamoto Kansuke (1493), and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570). After her are Ichiro Suzuki (1973), Tetsuo Sugamata (1957), Masujiro Nishida (1899), Kyuichi Tokuda (1894), Yasuhiko Okudera (1952), and Arima Harunobu (1567).

Others born in Japan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Fumiko Enchi ranks 67. Before her are Saigyō (1118), George Ohsawa (1893), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Yūko Tsushima (1947), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), and Takuboku Ishikawa (1886). After her are Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Jien (1155), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Kafū Nagai (1879), and Kan Kikuchi (1888).

Japanese born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous