- Takiji Kobayashi
nihongo|Takiji Kobayashi|小林 多喜二|Kobayashi Takiji|
October 13 ,1903 –February 20 ,1933 is aJapanese author of proletarian literature.He was born in Odate, Akita and was brought up in
Otaru ,Hokkaidō . After graduating the Otaru School of Higher Learning, which is the currentOtaru University of Commerce , he worked at the Otaru branch ofHokkaido Takushoku Bank . His most famous work is "Kanikosen (Crab-Canning Boat)" in 1929. It tells the story of several different people and the beginning of organization into unions of fishing workers. He joined theJapanese Communist Party in 1931, and was killed undertorture byTokkō police two years later at the age of 29.Translations
In 1973, an English translation of his two novels by Frank Motofuji under the titles, "The Factory Ship" (Kani kosen) and "The Absentee Landlord" (Fuzai jinushi) was published by the University of Tokyo Press under sponsorship from
UNESCO . [cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/lit/rep/pop.php?fnc=record&lng=en_GB&record=5731|title=The Factory Ship (Kani kosen. The Absentee Landlord Fuzai jinushi)]Notes
External links
* [http://www.aozora.gr.jp/index_pages/person156.html#sakuhin_list_1 e-texts of Takiji's works] at
Aozora bunko
* [http://www.horror-house.jp/e/cat4/takiji-kobayashi-19031933.html Takiji Kobayashi's grave]
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