Hideo Kobayashi | |
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Native name | 小林 秀雄 |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 11 April 1902
Died | 1 March 1983 Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan | (aged 80)
Resting place | Tōkei-ji, Kamakura, Japan |
Occupation | Literary critic |
Language | Japanese |
Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Genre | literary criticism |
Hideo Kobayashi (小林 秀雄, Kobayashi Hideo, April 11, 1902 – March 1, 1983) was a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan.