Kunio Kishida

was a Japanese dramatist and writer.  He is known as one of the founders of modern Japanese drama.Kalb, Jonathan.  "Western Drama With a Japanese Accent," New York Times, May 17, 2005; retrieved 2012-4-11.

Early life
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
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
Drama
Old Toys (1924)
Autumn in Tirol (1924)
Paper Balloon (1926)
The Shower (1926)
Diary of Falling Leaves (1927)
Two Daughters of Mr. Sawa (1935)
A Warm Current (1943)
Hayamizu Girls School (1948)

References

Further reading
Rimer, J. Thomas. (1974). Toward a modern Japanese theatre: Kishida Kunio. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 

Category:1890 births
Category:1954 deaths
Category:Writers from Tokyo