Died 1948-03-06.
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Kan Kikuchi
Hiroshi Kikuchi , also known as Kan Kikuchi, was a Japanese author and publisher. He established the publishing company Bungeishunjū, the monthly magazine of the same name, the Japan Writer's Association and both the Akutagawa and Naoki Prize for popular literature. He came to prominence for the plays Madame Pearl and Father Returns, but his ample support for the Imperial Japanese war effort led t…
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business · Japanese writer (1888–1948) · writer · businessperson · novelist · playwright · politician · journalist · translator · also Kan Kikuchi, Kikuchi Kan, Hiroshi Kikuchi, Kikuchi Hiroshi, Kikuchi
Born 26 December 1888 · Died 6 March 1948 · Q647687
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1938· 2 entries
The Kikuchi Kan Prize (菊池寛賞 Kikuchi Kan Shō) was created by Kikuchi Kan himself that recognizes authors' achievements
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Kikuchi joined the Pen butai (lit
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1934· 1 entry
Consisted of the members: Bungei Shunjusha, Yamamoto Yuzu, Haruo Satō, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Murō Saisei, Kōsaku Takii, Riichi Yokomitsu and Yasunari Kawabata
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1925· 1 entry
Kan also published a book with Shuji Yamamoto, Eikoku Airan Kindaigeki Seizui (Quintessence of Modern Plays in England and Ireland)
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1924· 1 entry
Shortly after Kaoru Osanai opened Tsukiji Little Theatre, Kikuchi Kan was the most celebrated playwright in Japan
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1920· 1 entry
After being published in the journal New Tides of Thought in 1917
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1888· 1 entry
Born 1888-12-26.
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