10 Facts About Korehito Kurahara

Korehito Kurahara was a Japanese Marxist literary critic.

Korehito Kurahara returned from Russia in 1926 and began writing for Bungei Sensen.

Korehito Kurahara joined the proletarian literature movement and began translating Marxist theories from Russian to Japanese.

In 1928 Korehito Kurahara spearheaded the movement to merge many of the organizations into one: the Zen Nihon Musansha Geijutsu Renmei.

Korehito Kurahara debated Marxist theory frequently, following in the footsteps of Hatsunosuke Hirabayashi and Suekichi Aono.

Korehito Kurahara returned in February 1931, after many other Communist Party leaders were arrested by the police.

When he returned to Japan, Korehito Kurahara continued writing and formed the Nihon Puroretaria Bunka Renmei, which was meant to reform society and create art groups in factories.

However, in 1932 Korehito Kurahara was arrested by the police for violating the Peace Preservation Law and the movement collapsed in 1934.

Korehito Kurahara was released in 1940, and did not renounce his Marxist beliefs while imprisoned.

Korehito Kurahara was one of the founders of the New Japanese Literature Association in 1945.