WRITER

Takiji Kobayashi

1903 - 1933

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takiji Kobayashi has received more than 126,672 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Takiji Kobayashi is the 2,796th most popular writer (down from 2,543rd in 2019), the 827th most popular biography from Japan (down from 753rd in 2019) and the 64th most popular Japanese Writer.

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  • 4.02

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Notable Works

Kobayashi Takiji shu (Nihon puroretaria bungakushu)
1987
Kanikōsen
1930
The cannery boat, and other Japanese shortstories
1968
The factory ship and The absentee landlord
1973
The cannery boat, and other Japanese short stories
1970
Kobayashi Takiji (Sakkka no jiden)
1997

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 2,796 out of 7,302. Before him are Symeon of Polotsk, Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Juvencus, Daniël Heinsius, Malwida von Meysenbug, and Macropedius. After him are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Frans G. Bengtsson, Denis Davydov, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Lev Kopelev, and Mouloud Mammeri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 144. Before him are Benjamin Spock, John Wyndham, Guillermo Subiabre, Lina Radke, Dolores Costello, and Matvey Blanter. After him are Ona Munson, Anne Revere, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Márton Bukovi, Antanas Sniečkus, and Orde Wingate. Among people deceased in 1933, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 56. Before him are Frank Jarvis, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Giovanni Giacometti, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, and Albert Apponyi. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Toktogul Satylganov, Andrey Lyapchev, Eduard Vilde, Ernst Hartert, and Prince Alfons of Bavaria.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 827 out of 6,245. Before him are Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Hide (1964), Takehiko Inoue (1967), Michio Yasuda (1949), Takashi Ono (1931), and Kuroki Tamemoto (1844). After him are Tadashi Yanai (1949), Itō Sukeyuki (1843), Isao Iwabuchi (1933), Naoto Tajima (1912), Goro Shimura (1930), and Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 64. Before him are Ryōkan (1758), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Shūji Terayama (1935), Fumiko Enchi (1905), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), and Kamo no Chōmei (1155). After him are Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Ango Sakaguchi (1906), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Yūko Tsushima (1947), Takeo Arishima (1878), and Fumiko Hayashi (1903).

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