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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fumiko Hayashi has received more than 5,146 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fumiko Hayashi is the 3,076th most popular writer (up from 3,737th in 2019), the 856th most popular biography from Japan (up from 973rd in 2019) and the 69th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 51.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 3,076 out of 5,755. Before her are Hierocles of Alexandria, Yulian Semyonov, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, Jorge Guillén, and Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg. After her are Gonzalo de Berceo, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, John Stott, Edvard Radzinsky, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, and René Daumal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 151. Before her are Amy Johnson, Antanas Sniečkus, Ella Maillart, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Anatoly Alexandrov, and Pierre Veyron. After her are Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Louis Seigner, Bix Beiderbecke, Earl Hines, Joseph Cornell, and W. Ross Ashby. Among people deceased in 1951, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 83. Before her are Pedro Salinas, Paula von Preradović, Riad Al Solh, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Vilhelm Bjerknes, and Karl Koller. After her are Robert Broom, Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Bernhard Kellermann, Ernest Bevin, Selim Palmgren, and Lippo Hertzka.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 856 out of 6,048. Before her are Hide (1964), Takeo Arishima (1878), Kujō Yoritsugu (1239), Kabayama Sukenori (1837), Akashi Motojiro (1864), and Morihiro Saito (1928). After her are Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Tomomi Seo (1950), Takizawa Bakin (1767), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Kusumoto Ine (1827), and Tarō Kōno (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Fumiko Hayashi ranks 69. Before her are Yasushi Inoue (1907), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Naoya Shiga (1883), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), and Takeo Arishima (1878). After her are Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Tōson Shimazaki (1872), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Kafū Nagai (1879), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), and Kan Kikuchi (1888).

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