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WRITER

Yu Dafu

1896 - 1945

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Yu Wen, better known by his courtesy name Yu Dafu (December 7, 1896 – September 17, 1945) was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet. He was one of the new literary group initiators, and this new literary group was named the Creation Society. His literary masterpieces include Chenlun (沈淪, Sinking), Chunfeng chenzui de wanshang (春風沈醉的晚上, Intoxicating Spring Nights), Guoqu (過去, The Past), Chuben (出奔, Flight) and so on. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yu Dafu has received more than 66,002 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yu Dafu is the 4,129th most popular writer, the 797th most popular biography from China and the 94th most popular Chinese Writer.

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  • 66k

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  • 48.27

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

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  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yu Dafu ranks 4,129 out of 5,755Before him are Yan Lianke, Géza Csáth, Leigh Bardugo, Robert Leckie, Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, and Frankétienne. After him are Cesare Balbo, Koji Suzuki, Hranush Arshagyan, Jan Blahoslav, Donald Adamson, and Lloyd Alexander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Yu Dafu ranks 161Before him are Philip Showalter Hench, Ulises Saucedo, Ethel Waters, Gerardo Diego, George Burns, and Barbara La Marr. After him are Lilia Skala, Steponas Darius, William Gopallawa, Ivan Merz, Jaromír Weinberger, and Roger Sessions. Among people deceased in 1945, Yu Dafu ranks 244Before him are János Garay, Frederic Clements, Berta Zuckerkandl, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, and Nils Edén. After him are Eugen Bolz, Alexander Fersman, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Blind Willie Johnson, Milton S. Hershey, and Aleksandr Khanzhonkov.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yu Dafu ranks 797 out of 1,392Before him are Taranatha (1575), Xie Jin (1923), Lisa Lu (1927), Song Renqiong (1909), Huang Ju (1938), and Yan Lianke (1958). After him are Lang Ping (1960), Derek Parfit (1942), Chang Wanquan (1949), Shi Zhengli (1964), Wen Yiduo (1899), and P. C. Chang (1892).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Yu Dafu ranks 94Before him are Ma Duanlin (1245), Katherine Paterson (1932), Wu Jingzi (1701), Chen Zi'ang (661), Taranatha (1575), and Yan Lianke (1958). After him are Wen Yiduo (1899), Zhang Jie (1937), Bei Dao (1949), Mervyn Peake (1911), Wang Guowei (1877), and Dai Sijie (1954).