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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Takiji Kobayashi is the 2,866th most popular writer (down from 2,796th in 2019), the 879th most popular biography from Japan (down from 827th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Japanese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 2,866 out of 7,302. Before him are Tom Robbins, François Cheng, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Apostolo Zeno, and Nguyễn Du. After him are Judith Miller, Karl Philipp Moritz, Eric Roth, Balthasar Russow, Mihailo Lalić, and Hilaire Belloc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 149. Before him are Corrado Bafile, Abba P. Lerner, Nikolay Krylov, Morgan Taylor, Aleksei N. Leontiev, and Antanas Sniečkus. After him are Alexander Imich, Lina Radke, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, K. Kamaraj, André Maschinot, and Fumiko Hayashi. Among people deceased in 1933, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 64. Before him are Giovanni Giacometti, Henry van Dyke Jr., Alexander von Krobatin, Oskari Friman, Ernst Hartert, and Albert Apponyi. After him are Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, Prince Alfons of Bavaria, Mahmud Tarzi, and Georges Leygues.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 879 out of 6,245. Before him are Osamu Dezaki (1943), Takashi Ono (1931), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Sakuma Shōzan (1811), and Kengo Kuma (1954). After him are Takaji Mori (1943), Akira Endo (1933), Tsuda Umeko (1864), Sō Yoshitoshi (1568), Mie Hama (1943), and Taisen Deshimaru (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Takiji Kobayashi ranks 60. Before him are Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Ryōkan (1758), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Ennin (793), and Shūji Terayama (1935). After him are Saigyō (1118), George Ohsawa (1893), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Yūko Tsushima (1947), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), and Takuboku Ishikawa (1886).

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