WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fumiko Hayashi has received more than 5,570 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Fumiko Hayashi is the 3,122nd most popular writer (down from 3,065th in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from Japan (down from 853rd in 2019) and the 70th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 5.6k

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  • 52.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 3,122 out of 7,302. Before her are Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, Georg Sauerwein, Mike Mentzer, Nahum Goldmann, Joan Maragall, and Johan Borgen. After her are Gisèle Halimi, Demyan Bedny, Pedro Salinas, Yury Tynyanov, Antoine de Rivarol, and Salimbene di Adam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 156. Before her are Orde Wingate, Bix Beiderbecke, Russell Bufalino, Earl Hines, Vincent Richards, and W. V. D. Hodge. After her are Gloria Holden, Ivar Johansson, Issa Pliyev, Anatoly Alexandrov, Gaito Gazdanov, and Louis Seigner. Among people deceased in 1951, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 89. Before her are Paula von Preradović, István Friedrich, Bernhard Kellermann, Vilhelm Bjerknes, Edgar Rubin, and Fritz Busch. After her are Pedro Salinas, Robert Broom, José Enrique Varela, Selim Palmgren, André Gobert, and Mohammad-Taqi Bahar.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 898 out of 6,245. Before her are Sachi Kagawa (null), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Takeo Arishima (1878), Yoji Yamada (1931), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), and Sadako Ogata (1927). After her are Keiko Abe (1937), Kusumoto Ine (1827), Masaki Yokotani (1952), Tetsurō Tamba (1922), Kirin Kiki (1943), and Aritatsu Ogi (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 70. Before her are Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Yūko Tsushima (1947), and Takeo Arishima (1878). After her are Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Naoya Shiga (1883), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Ai Yazawa (1967), and Itō Noe (1895).

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