Fumiko Enchi

1905 - 1986

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Japan

native language: Japanese

languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese

educated at: Japan Women's University

occupation: writer, novelist, playwright

award received: Female Literary Award, Noma Literary Prize, Women's Literature Prize, Tanizaki Prize, Japanese Literature Grand Prix, Person of Cultural Merit, Order of Culture

Fumiko Enchi (円地文子, Enchi Fumiko, 2 October 1905 – 12 November 1986) 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 spirituality. Source: Wikipedia (en)