Born in Tokyo, Japan October 02, 1905
Died November 12, 1986
Genre Literature & Fiction, Plays
Influences Junichiro Tanizaki, Wilde, Poe, Kyoka Izumi, Kafu Nagai, Ryunosuke
Fumiko Enchi was the pen name of the late Japanese Shōwa period playwright and novelist Fumiko Ueda.
The daughter of a linguist, Fumiko learned a lot about French, English, Japanese and Chinese literature through private tutorage.
Fumiko suffered from poor health as a child and spent most of her time at home. She was introduced to literature by her grandmother, who showed her to the likes of The Tale of Genji, as well as to Edo period gesaku novels and to the kabuki and bunraku theater. By 13 years old her reading list had grown to include works of the lights of Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Kyōka Izumi, Nagai Kafū, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. She discovered a special interest in the sadomasochistic aestheticism style of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,
She was inspired to write plays after attended lectures by the founder of modern Japanese drama, Kaoru Osanai.
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