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Abe Kōbō

1924 - 22 January 1993

Kōbō Abe (安部 公房) is the pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (安部 公房). Abe was born in Kita, Tokyo, the son of a physician who taught medicine. He was raised in Mukden, Manchuria. He returned to Japan in 1941, and in 1943 he went to Tokyo Imperial University, where he earned a medical degree but he failed his medical exam and was forbidden from practicing. He returned to Manchuria as an author. In 1947, he self-published his first book, Mumei-shishū ("Poems of an unknown poet"). His wrote avant-garde poetry, novels, and plays. In 1977 he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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  • Cover of: The woman in the dunes.

    First published in 1962 11 editions in 4 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition womanindunes00abek Cover of edition womandunes00abek
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  • Cover of: The face of another

    First published in 1966 10 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1984 10 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition arksakura00abek_0
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  • Cover of: The ruined map: a novel

    First published in 1967 8 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The box man.

    First published in 1973 6 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Friends; [play]

    First published in 1969 6 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Secret rendezvous

    First published in 1977 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Inter Ice age 4

    First published in 1970 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Woman in the Dunes

    First published in 1966 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The woman in the dunes

    First published in 1964 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Secret Rendezvous

    First published in 1980 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Kangaroo Notebook

    First published in 1996 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Frontier Within: Essays by Abe Kobo

    First published in 2013 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Box Man: A Novel

    First published in 1975 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1971 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ruined Map

    First published in 2020 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 2020 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Yume no tōbō

    First published in 1968 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Kangaroo notebook: a novel

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Subjects
Fiction, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Fiction, psychological, Drama, Japan, fiction, Japanese fiction, Sand dunes, China, fiction, Entomologists, Fiction, historical, Interviews, Japan in fiction, Japanese Authors, Japanese Psychological fiction, Man-woman relationships, Social life and customs, Translations into English, 20e siècle, African American men, African Americans, Amours, Artists, Authors, Japanese, Children's fiction
Places
Japan, China, Japón, Manchuria, Manchuria (China)
People
Kōbō Abe (1924-1993), Takeaki Enomoto (1836-1908), Kōbō Abe (1924-)
Time
1945-, 20th century

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  • Kōbō Abe
  • Kobo Abé
  • Kobo Abe
  • Kôbô Abe
  • Abé Kôbô
  • Kôbô Abé
  • Kōbō Abē
  • abe-kobo

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September 23, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import