Kobayashi Takiji
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Kobayashi Takiji (小林 多喜二, October 13, 1903 - February 20, 1933) is a Japanese author of proletarian literature.
He was born in Odate, Akita and was brought up in Otaru, Hokkaidō. 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 the Japanese Communist Party in 1931, and was killed under torture by police two years later at the age of 29.
