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Abe Kōbō

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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Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor

Born 7 March 1924
Died 22 January 1993

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  • Cover of: Inter Ice Age 4
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    Cover of edition intericeage40000abek_p7x5 First published in 1970 — 13 editions
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    Cover of edition womanindunes00abek First published in 1962 — 12 editions
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    Cover of edition arksakura00abek First published in 1984 — 10 editions
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    First published in 1973 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1969 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1977 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Secret Rendezvous

    First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Frontier Within: Essays by Abe Kobo

    First published in 2013 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1975 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1996 — 3 editions
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Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor

Born 7 March 1924
Died 22 January 1993

Subjects

Fiction, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Fiction, psychological, Japanese fiction, Drama, History, Interviews, Japan, fiction, Japanese Authors, Japanese drama, Japanese literature, Sand dunes, Translations into English, China, fiction, Entomologists, Fiction, historical, Glossaries, Japan in fiction, Japanese Psychological fiction, Language, Literature, Man-woman relationships, Motion pictures, Social life and customs

Places

Japan, China, Japón, Manchuria, Manchuria (China)

People

Kōbō Abe (1924-1993), Takeaki Enomoto (1836-1908), Kōbō Abe (1924-)

Time

20th century, 1945-, Meiji period, 1868-1912

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Alternative names

  • 安部公房
  • 安部 公房
  • Kōbō Abe
  • Kobo Abé
  • Kobo Abe
  • Kôbô Abe
  • Abé Kôbô
  • Kôbô Abé
  • Kōbō Abē
  • abe-kobo
  • Köbö Abe
  • Kōbō Abe
  • KOBO ABE
  • Abé-Kôbô
  • 아베 코보
  • 아베 고보
  • Kimifusa Abe
  • Abe Kimifusa

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March 22, 2025 Edited by huginn4126 Added new photo
March 22, 2025 Edited by huginn4126 Added new photo
March 22, 2025 Edited by huginn4126 Added new photo
March 22, 2025 Edited by huginn4126 Added new photo
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