Facts: - imagesize: 200px - death place: sumatra , dutch east indies - death date: 17 september 1945 - birth date: 7 december 1896 - name: yu dafu - nationality: chinese - image: yudafu.jpg - birth place: fuyang , zhejiang , china - occupation: writer and poet Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yu dafu .
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yu dafu -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- december 7 , 1896 -- september 17 , 1945 -rrb- .born in fuyang , zhejiang province , was a modern chinese short story writer and poet .