Yu Dafu

Yu Dafu
Born	(1896-12-07)December 7, 1896 Fuyang, Zhejiang, China
Died	September 17, 1945(1945-09-17) (aged 48) Pajakoemboeh, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
Occupation	Writer and poet
Nationality	Chinese
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	郁達夫
Simplified Chinese	郁达夫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yù Dáfū Wade–Giles Yu Ta-fu
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	郁文
Simplified Chinese	郁文
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yù Wén Wade–Giles Yu Wen

Yu Wen, better known by his courtesy name Yu Dafu (December 7, 1896 – September 17, 1945) was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet. He was one of the new literary group initiators, and this new literary group was named the Creation Society. His literary masterpieces include Chenlun (沈淪, Sinking), Chunfeng chenzui de wanshang (春風沈醉的晚上, Intoxicating Spring Nights), Guoqu (過去, The Past), Chuben (出奔, Flight) and so on. Yu Dafu's literary works' writing style and main themes profoundly influenced a group of young writers and formed a spectacular romantic trend in Chinese literature in the 1920s and 1930s. He died in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies, likely executed.