Fumiko Enchi (1905–1986)
Author of Masks
About the Author
Educated in the classics, Enchi Fumiko began writing plays but turned to fiction. Her novels and short stories often focus on the emotional lives of middle-aged women struggling against the constraints of Japanese society. Enchi's translation into modern Japanese of the Heian Period novel, The Tale show more of Genji, was widely respected. Allusions to Genji and the device of imbedding classical elements within the modern story enrich her fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical name
- Enchi, Fumiko
- Legal name
- Ueda, Fumi
- Other names
- 円地 文子
- Birthdate
- 1905-10-02
- Date of death
- 1986-11-12
- Burial location
- Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Places of residence
- Tokyo, Japan
- Awards and honors
- Order of Culture (1985)
Tanizaki Prize (1969)
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- Works
- 38
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 1,108
- Popularity
- #23,192
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 11
- ISBNs
- 57
- Languages
- 8
- Favorited
- 4
Fumiko Enchi took eight years to complete this novel and it won Japan’s top literary Noma prize. Rightly it has earned the reputation as one of the most penetrating studies of female psychology to appear in postwar Japan.
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