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Fumiko Hayashi

1903 - 1951

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Fumiko Hayashi (林芙美子, Hayashi Fumiko; December 31, 1903 – June 28, 1951) was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories and poetry, who has repeatedly been included in the feminist literature canon. Among her best-known works are Diary of a Vagabond, Late Chrysanthemum and Floating Clouds. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fumiko Hayashi is the 2,973rd most popular writer (up from 3,122nd in 2019), the 902nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 898th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 2,973 out of 7,302. Before her are George Ohsawa, Gisèle Halimi, Drago Jančar, Sergei Nilus, Pierre Souvestre, and Fatma Aliye Topuz. After her are Salimbene di Adam, Mahasweta Devi, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Abraham Goldfaden, Robert de Nola, and Dracontius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 155. Before her are Takiji Kobayashi, Alexander Imich, Lina Radke, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, K. Kamaraj, and André Maschinot. After her are Rafael Paasio, Matvey Blanter, Hans Litten, Issa Pliyev, Candido Portinari, and Bertrand de Jouvenel. Among people deceased in 1951, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 90. Before her are Erich Neumann, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Lippo Hertzka, Paula von Preradović, Vasiliy Ulrikh, and Louis Lavelle. After her are Henry Carton de Wiart, László Almásy, István Friedrich, André Gobert, Charles Dillon Perrine, and Ernesto Ambrosini.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 902 out of 6,245. Before her are Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), Meiko Kaji (1947), Toshiko Yuasa (1909), George Ohsawa (1893), Arai Hakuseki (1657), and Peter Doi (1892). After her are Masuzo Madono (null), Yoshito Usui (1958), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hidetoki Takahashi (1916), Yūko Tsushima (1947), and Kenzo Yokoyama (1943).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 63. Before her are Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ennin (793), Shūji Terayama (1935), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Saigyō (1118), and George Ohsawa (1893). After her are Yūko Tsushima (1947), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), and Jien (1155).

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