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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: Abe Kōbō no gekijō: shichinen no ayumi

    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Abe Kōbō gikyoku zenshū

    First published in 1970 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Abe Kōbō zensakuhin

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Abe Kōbō zenshū

    First published in 1997 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Beyond the Curve

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Enomoto Buyō

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Gikyoku tomodachi Enomoto Takeaki

    First published in 1967 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Ishi no me

    First published in 1960 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Jan shao ti ti tʻu

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Kangarū nōto

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Kemonotachi wa kokyō o mezasu

    First published in 1970 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Kiga dōmei

    First published in 1970 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La face d'un autre

    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Man Who Turned Into A Stick: Three Related Plays
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    First published in 1975 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Mihitsu no koi

    First published in 1971 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Mukankei na shi ; Toki no gake

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Ningen sokkuri

    First published in 1976 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sabakareru kiroku: eiga geijutsuron

    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sabaku no shisō

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  • Cover of: Suna no onna ; Mikkai

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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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