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.
Abe Kōbō
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Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
| Born | 1924 |
| Died | 22 January 1993 |
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Abe Kōbō
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Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
| Born | 1924 |
| Died | 22 January 1993 |
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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, China, fiction, Entomologists, Fiction, historical, Glossaries, Japan in fiction, Japanese Psychological fiction, Language, Literature, Man-woman relationships, Motion pictures, Social life and customs, Translations into ChineseID Numbers
- OLID: OL832531A
- ISNI: 0000000081637759
- VIAF: 91224584
- Wikidata: Q186273
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q186273
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- Kōbō Abe
- Kobo Abé
- Kobo Abe
- Kôbô Abe
- Abé Kôbô
- Kôbô Abé
- Kōbō Abē
- abe-kobo
- Köbö Abe
- Kōbō Abe
- KOBO ABE
- Abé-Kôbô
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