Kikuchi Kan

Kikuchi Kan (菊池 寛), (December 26,1888 – March 6,1948) was a Japanese author.

He was born in Takamatsu, Kagawa. His real name is written by same Kanji characters except that the last character 寛 is read as Hiroshi. He started the company Bungei Shunju Inc. and the monthly magazine Bungei Shunju (文藝春秋) as well as establishing Japan Writer's Association and making the Akutagawa prize and the Naoki prize of literature. He had also been the head of a movie company Daiei. He is known to have been an avid player of Mahjong.

Bibliography

• Okujo no Kyojin (屋上の狂人)
• Chichi Kaeru (父帰る)
• Mumei Sakka no Nikki (無名作家の日記)
• Onshu no Kanata ni (恩讐の彼方に)
• Tadanaokyo Kojoki (忠直卿行状記)
• Rangaku Kotohajime (蘭学事始)
• Fujijuro no Koi (藤十郎の恋)
• Shinju Fujin (真珠夫人)

See also: Japanese literature, List of Japanese authors