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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.
Jun 24, 2024 · Hayashi Fumiko (born Dec. 31, 1904, Shimonoseki, Japan—died June 28, 1951, Tokyo) was a Japanese novelist whose realistic stories deal with urban working-class life. Hayashi lived an unsettled life until 1916, when she went to Onomichi, where she stayed until graduation from high school in 1922.
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Fumiko Hayashi has 151 books on Goodreads with 7940 ratings. Fumiko Hayashi’s most popular book is Floating Clouds.
Fumiko Hayashi, Lane Dunlop (Translator) 3.51. 477 ratings89 reviews. In this groundbreaking novel, Fumiko Hayashi tells the powerful story of tormented love and one woman's struggle to navigate the cruel realities of postwar Japan.
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Fumiko Hayashi (林 文子, Hayashi Fumiko, born May 5, 1946, in Tokyo) is a Japanese politician and the former mayor of Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. She is the first female mayor of the city.
Fumiko Hayashi was born in Shimonoseki in 1903. Her parents were itinerant pedlars and her mother and mother’s common-in-law husband travelled around Japan with her, so that she never settled and frequently changed schools.
Fumiko Hayashi (林 芙美子), December 31, 1903 or 1904 (Japanese sources disagree on the birth year) - June 28, 1951) was a Japanese novelist and poet. When Hayashi was seven, her mother ran away with a manager of her common-law husband's store, and afterwards the three worked in Kyūshū as itinerant merchants.
