Hideo Kobayashi
Hideo Kobayashi  | |
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Kobayashi in 1951  | |
| Native name | 小林 秀雄  | 
| Born | 11 April 1902 Tokyo, Japan  | 
| Died | 1 March 1983 (aged 80) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan  | 
| Resting place | Tōkei-ji, Kamakura, Japan | 
| Occupation | Literary critic | 
| Language | Japanese | 
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University | 
| Genre | literary criticism | 
Hideo Kobayashi (小林 秀雄, Kobayashi Hideo; April 11, 1902 – March 1, 1983) was a Japanese author, who established literary criticism as an independent art form in Japan.