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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: Midoriiro no sutokkingu

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Reibai no hanashi yori, daimitei: shoki tanpenshū

    First published in 2013 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Arbeits- und Sozialrecht für das Gastgewerbe. (Lernmaterialien)

    First published in 2000 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2003 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The ruined map

    First published in 1993 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: al-Rajul alladhī taḥawwala ilá ʻaṣá: thalāth masraḥīyāt min al-Yābān

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  • Cover of: 友達: kuroi kigeki nimaku

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Beasts Head for Home

    First published in 2017 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Face of Another (Penguin Modern Classics)

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Die vierte Zwischeneiszeit.

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Kabe: S. Karuma-shi no hanzai, Akai mayu

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La femme des sables

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Abe Kōbō eiga shinariosen

    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Abe Kōbō tanpen shū

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sha qiu zhi nü

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Hanʾguk tanpʻyŏn munhaksŏn
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    First published in 1998 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Tre metemorfosi

    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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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
September 23, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors