Kobayashi Takiji

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Kobayashi Takiji

Kobayashi Takiji ( Japanese 小林 多 喜 二 ; born October 13, 1903 in Shimokawazoi, today: Ōdate ; † February 20, 1933 Tokyo ) was a Japanese author of proletarian literature . As a member of the Communist Party , he was arrested by the police in February 1933 and tortured to death.

Life

Kobayashi was born in 1903 to a farmer. From 1916 to 1926 he attended a business school in Hokkaidō and then worked as a bank clerk. Due to his political activities, he was released in 1930 and moved to Tokyo. From 1931 on, he acted as secretary of the newly founded association of proletarian writers ( 日本 プ ロ レ タ リ ア 作家 同盟 , Nihon puroretaria sakka dōmei ).

Kobayashi's turn to socialism is already expressed in his first works, such as the short story Ken . With his novel Kanikōsen ( 蟹 工 船 , Die Krabbenfischer ) Kobayashi moved up into the ranks of proletarian writers. The novel describes the struggle of the fishermen and sailors of a fishing fleet for humane living conditions. The novel was banned in Japan in the 30s and 40s and was made into a film in 1953 and 2009.

In another major work Tōseikatsusha ( 党 生活 者 , A Life for the Party ), which appeared in 1933 under the title Tenkan jidai ( Age of Change ), the nameless first-person narrator , a member of the party , tries to turn the factory workers against the dismissal strategy of the factory management to organize. The style of both works is reminiscent of the Shishōsetsu style Shiga Naoya and Shimazaki Tōson .

The German physical chemist Louis Hugo Frank , who had to leave Japan in 1943 due to political accusations, was one of his lecturers at the Otaru Commercial College . His son died there in prison.

Works

  • Kobayashi Takisi: March 15, 1928: A Japanese workers' story , Berlin, 1932. Another translation from 1928 , published in the "Rote Reihe".
  • Takidji Kobajaschi: Krabbenfischer , Berlin (East), Volk und Welt publishing house, 1958
  • Takiji Kobayashi: Das Fabrikschiff , translated by Alfons Mainka, Löhne, Cass, 2012, translation follows the version of the People and World edition from 1958; some passages from the original have been added, and the spelling of the author's name and some place names have been adapted to current usage; ISBN 978-3-9809022-8-1 .

literature

  • Jürgen Berndt: BI-Lexicon East Asian literatures. Bibliographical Institute Leipzig, 1987, ISBN 3-323-00128-1
  • Katō Shūichi : A history of japanese literature , vol. 3 : The modern years , Tokyo, New York, London, 1990, p. 160. ISBN 4-7700-1547-X

Web links

Commons : Takiji Kobayashi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ After Koseki , December 1
  2. ↑ a b East Asian literatures, p. 189
  3. ^ History of Japanese Literature, p. 232
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Kobayashi is the family name, Takiji the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kobayashi, Takiji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 小林 多 喜 二 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese author of proletarian literature
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Ōdate
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1933