1896 - 1945
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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Among writers, Yu Dafu ranks 4,129 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 4,123
1887 - 1919
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,124
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,125
1920 - 2001
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,126
1750 - 1791
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,127
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,128
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,129
1789 - 1853
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,130
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 4,131
1887 - 1905
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 4,132
1523 - 1571
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 4,133
1939 - 2024
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 4,134
1924 - 2007
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 4,135
Among people born in 1896, Yu Dafu ranks 161. Before 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 244. Before 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.
1896 - 1965
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 155
1896 - 1963
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 156
1896 - 1977
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 157
1896 - 1987
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 158
1896 - 1996
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 159
1896 - 1926
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 160
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 161
1896 - 1994
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 162
1896 - 1933
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 163
1896 - 1981
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 164
1896 - 1928
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 165
1896 - 1967
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 166
1896 - 1985
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 167
1889 - 1945
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 238
1874 - 1945
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 239
1864 - 1945
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 240
1869 - 1945
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 241
1858 - 1945
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 242
1871 - 1945
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 243
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 244
1881 - 1945
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 245
1883 - 1945
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 246
1893 - 1945
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 247
1897 - 1945
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 248
1857 - 1945
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 249
1877 - 1945
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 250
Among people born in China, Yu Dafu ranks 797 out of 1,392. Before 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).
1575 - 1634
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 791
1923 - 2008
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 792
1927 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 793
1909 - 2005
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 794
1938 - 2007
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 795
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 796
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 797
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 798
1942 - 2017
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 799
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 800
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 801
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 802
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 803
Among writers born in China, Yu Dafu ranks 94. Before 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).
1245 - 1322
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 88
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 89
1701 - 1754
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 90
661 - 702
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 91
1575 - 1634
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 92
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 93
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 94
1899 - 1946
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 95
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 96
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 97
1911 - 1968
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 98
1877 - 1927
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 99
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 100