Kuroshima Denji - Kuroshima Denji

Novelist. Born in Shodoshima, Kagawa Prefecture. Dropped out of Waseda University preparatory school. In 1917 (Taisho 6), he moved to Tokyo and met his fellow townsman, Tsuboi Shigeharu. In 1919, he enlisted and was sent to Siberia. After being discharged, he returned to Tokyo and published peasant literature supported by a solid realism, such as "Two-Sen Copper Coin" (1926, later "Two-Sen Copper Coin") and "Pig Herd" (1926), which were well received in the "Bungei Sensen" magazine. He also produced excellent anti-war literature rooted in his experience of serving in Siberia, such as "Sleigh" (1927) and "A Flock of Swirling Crows" (1928). He later moved from the Literary Wars faction to the Writers' Union, where he further radicalized his literary themes, but after the suppression of the KOP (Japan Proletarian Cultural League), he gradually reached a dead end. His works include his first collection of stories, "Pigs" (1927), his second collection of stories, "The Sled" (1928), "Floating Land Prices" (1930), and the full-length novel "The Armed City" (1930), which deals with the Jinan Incident.

[Hiroshi Otsuka]

"The Complete Works of Denji Kuroshima, 3 volumes (1970, Chikuma Shobo)"

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小説家。香川県小豆島(しょうどしま)の生まれ。早稲田(わせだ)大学予科選科中退。1917年（大正6）上京、同郷の壺井(つぼい)繁治と知る。19年入隊、シベリアに出兵。除隊後ふたたび上京、『文芸戦線』に『銅貨二銭』（1926、のち『二銭銅貨』）、『豚群』（1926）など確かなリアリズムに支えられた農民文学を発表して好評を得る一方、『橇(そり)』（1927）、『渦巻ける烏(からす)の群』（1928）ではシベリア従軍体験に根ざした優れた反戦文学を結実させた。文戦派からのちに作家同盟に移り、文学的主題をいっそう先鋭化させたが、コップ（日本プロレタリア文化連盟）弾圧後しだいに行き詰まりをみせた。第一小説集『豚群』（1927）、第二小説集『橇』（1928）、『浮動する地価』（1930）、済南(せいなん)事件を扱った長編小説『武装せる市街』（1930）ほかの著書がある。

［大塚　博］

『『黒島伝治全集』全3巻（1970・筑摩書房）』

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