Kobayashi Takiji (小林 多喜二, October 13, 1903 - February 20, 1933) is a Japanese author of proletarian literature.
He was born in Akita and was risen in Otaru, Hokkaido. His most famous work is Kanikosen (Crab-Canning Boat) in 1929. It tells severe lives and the begging of organization of fishing workers. He had entered the Japanese Communist Party in 1931. Killed under torture by police in his age 29.
