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Kōbō Abe
Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor
The native form of this personal name is Abe Kōbō. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Kōbō Abe (安部 公房, Abe Kōbō), pen name of Kimifusa Abe (安部 公房, Abe Kimifusa, March 7, 1924 – January 23, 1993), was a Japanese writer, playwright, and director.
His 1962 novel The Woman in the Dunes was made into an award-winning film by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964.[2] Abe has often been compared to Franz Kafka for his modernist sensibilities and his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society.[3][4][5] He died aged 68 of heart failure in Tokyo after a brief illness.[6]
Biography
Abe was born on March 7, 1924[1][7] in Kita, Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Mukden (now Shenyang) in Manchuria.[2][1] Abe's family was in Tokyo at the time due to his father's year o