Fumiko Hayashi
Japanese novelist of the Taisho and Showa eras whose autobiographical Diary of a Vagabond captured the hardships of a woman artist living in poverty with startling candor and lyrical energy.
Works
- Diary of a VagabondSemi-autobiographical diary of a woman's life as a traveling worker in Japan
- HorokiAutobiographical account of a woman wandering through poverty-stricken Japan
- Floating CloudNovel portraying the melancholic affair between a widow and a former lover
- A Late ChrysanthemumShort story collection exploring the quiet dignity of ordinary lives