Fumiko Enchi
Japanese writer
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Fumiko Enchi was the pen-name of Fumiko Ueda, one of the most prominent Japanese women writers in the Shōwa period of Japan. As a writer, Enchi is best known for her explorations into the ideas of sexuality, gender, human identity, and... Wikipedia
Born: October 2, 1905, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Died: November 14, 1986 (age 81 years), Ikenohata, Tokyo, Japan
Influenced by: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Edgar Allan Poe, and more
Movies: Shokutaku no nai ie and Enraptured
Spouse: Yoshimatsu Enchi (m. 1930)
Notable awards: Women’s Literature Prize (1955, 1966); Noma Literary Prize (1957); Tanizaki Prize (1969); Order of Culture (1985)
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