Takiji Kobayashi

Takiji Kobayashi
Native name
小林 多喜二
Born(1903-10-13)October 13, 1903
Odate, Akita, Japan
DiedFebruary 20, 1933(1933-02-20) (aged 29)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationWriter
GenreNovels
Literary movementproletarian literature

Takiji Kobayashi (小林 多喜二, Kobayashi Takiji, October 13, 1903 – February 20, 1933) was a Japanese writer of proletarian literature.

He is best known for his short novel Kanikōsen, or Crab Cannery Ship, published in 1929. It tells the story of the hard life of cannery workers, fishermen and seamen on board a cannery ship and the beginning of their revolt against the company and its managers.

The young writer died due to violent torture after arrest by the Tokkō police two years later, at the age of 29.[1]

  1. ^ "Prominent people of Minato City".

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