Yu Dafu
Yu Dafu ( Chinese 郁達夫 ; * 1896 in Fuyang , Zhejiang Province, lost in 1945) was a Chinese writer .
Life
Coming from a family of scholars, Yu Dafu initially enjoyed a classical education, but then attended a modern middle school in Hangzhou . At that time he was already busy with Western literature. After moving to Tokyo in 1912, he began studying economics there in 1916 at the Imperial University of Tokyo , which he finished in 1922. During his studies he also acquired knowledge of German and English . While his first poems still used the classical Chinese language , friends convinced him to join the New Literary Movement and use colloquial language . Before the end of his studies in 1921, Yu Dafu was involved in the establishment of a literary society Creation and met with a great response from young intellectuals with the publication of a volume of short stories under the title Sinking and the depictions of conflicts between traditional moral concepts and feelings on his return to China in 1922 he was fully integrated into the literary circles, continued his literary work and also contributed to the publication of several literary magazines .
In order to earn a living, he also tried to teach - in 1923 at the School of Political Science in Anqing ( Anhui Province ), later as a literature lecturer at Peking University , then at Wuhan University , until an illness forced him to give up it . When, in 1927, the literary society of Creation first started using political questions as evaluation criteria for the value of literary works, Yu Dafu distanced himself from these circles. For the same reasons he left the league of left-wing writers , of which he had belonged for some time from 1930 on. This development led him to be from 1936 until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War again after Japan to go to occupy a position in the propaganda department of the Military Commission on his return to China. In 1938, to his relief, a friend made it possible for him to move as editor-in-chief of the Singapore daily and the overseas Chinese daily . When the Japanese occupied Singapore in 1942, Yu Dafu fled to Sumatra . After he disappeared shortly after the Japanese surrendered , it is believed that he was murdered. A first connection with Sun Quan resulted in three children, two from a second marriage to Wang Yingxia (1908-2000), which was closed in 1927 and divorced in 1940.
bibliography
- Sinking, 1921 - story
- Marriage Stories, 1923 - Autobiographical Sketch
- Intoxicating spring nights, 1923 - story
- A Humble Sacrifice, 1924 - story
- Lost Sheep, 1927-novel
- On the move alone, 1927 - story
- Kalte Asche, 1930 - anthology of short stories and essays
- She was a weak woman, 1931 - novel
- Late cinnamon blossoms, 1932 - short story
- Escape, 1935-novel
Web links
- Literature by and about Yu Dafu in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yu, Dafu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fuyang , Zhejiang Province, |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1945 |