Kunio Kishida
Japanese writer
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Kishida.
Kunio Kishida (岸田 國士, Kishida Kunio, 2 November 1890 – 5 March 1954) was a Japanese dramatist and writer. He is known as one of the founders of modern Japanese drama.[1]
Early life change
Kishida studied French literature and modern drama at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1920, he went to Paris and studied the history of French drama.
Career change
In the 1920s, Kishida wrote dramas and novels.
In 1937, he founded the Literature Theatre Company (Bungaku-za).
His name was given to the most famous prize for drama in Japan—the annual Kunio Kishida Award (Kishida Kunio Gikyoku-shô).
Major works change
Drama change
- Old Toys (1924)
- Autumn in Tirol (1924)
- Paper Balloon (1926)[1]
- The Shower (1926)
- Diary of Falling Leaves (1927)
- Two Daughters of Mr. Sawa (1935)
- A Warm Current (1943)
- Hayamizu Girls School (1948)
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kalb, Jonathan. "Western Drama With a Japanese Accent," New York Times, May 17, 2005; retrieved 2012-4-11.
Further reading change
- Rimer, J. Thomas. (1974). Toward a modern Japanese theatre: Kishida Kunio. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691062495
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