People・Hiroshima

Fumiko HayashiHayashi Fumiko

Also known as: 林芙美子

A Shōwa-era woman writer remembered for her autobiographical novel 'Horoki' (Diary of a Vagabond). She spent her formative girlhood in Onomichi, and the life of the port town and its seascapes are said to have shaped the original imagery of her work.

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