Kan Kikuchi | |
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| Native name | 菊池 寛 |
| Born | Hiroshi Kikuchi December 26, 1888 Takamatsu, Kagawa |
| Died | March 6, 1948 (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Hiroshi Kikuchi (菊池 寛, Kikuchi Hiroshi, December 26, 1888 – March 6, 1948), also known as Kan Kikuchi (which uses the same kanji as his real name), 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 to his marginalization in the postwar period.[1] He was also the head of Daiei Motion Picture Company (currently Kadokawa Pictures). He was known to have been an avid player of mahjong.
- ^ Poulton, M. Cody (2010). A Beggar's Art: Scripting Modernity in Japanese Drama, 1900-1930. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 86.