Kobo Abe


 
 

Kobo Abe (安部公房 Abe Kōbō, pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (Abe Kimifusa, born March 7,1924 - January 22, 1993)) was a Japanese writer.

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His name is romanized as Kobo Abe in Vintage International's English-language editions of his book, while Columbia University Press's edition of Three Plays by K?b? Abe romanizes his name as K?b? Abe.

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Abe was born in Kita, Tokyo, grew up in then Mukden, (now Shen-yang) in Manchuria. His father was a physician that taught at the medical college. Abe went back to Japan in 1941 and began studies at Tokyo Imperial University in 1943. He graduated in 1948 with a medical degree on the condition that he wouldn't practice. He was first published as a poet with Mumei Shishu ("Poems of an unknown poet") in 1947. The next year he published his first novel, Owarishi michi no shirube ni (?The Road Sign at the End of the Street?) which established his reputation. He worked as an avant-garde novelist and playwright, but it wasn't until he published The Woman in the Dunes in 1962 that he won widespread international acclaim.


 

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois (DVD)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (DVD)
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Hellboy Abe Sapien Comic Book
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois (On Demand)
Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain #2 Comic Book
Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain #2 Comic Book
Little Abe's Gift to a Soldier
Little Abe's Gift to a Soldier
Abe Lincon  Lover of Books and Study
Abe Lincon Lover of Books and Study
Portrait of Abe Lincoln
Portrait of Abe Lincoln
''18'''' Limited Edition Abe Sapien Action Figure''
"18"" Limited Edition Abe Sapien Action Figure"
Abe Sapien Volume 2 The Devil Does Not Jest Graphic Novel
Abe Sapien Volume 2 The Devil Does Not Jest Graphic Novel
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Abe Froman T-Shirt
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Abe Froman T-Shirt
Hellboy The Golden Army Abe Sapien 18-Inch Exclusive Figure
Hellboy The Golden Army Abe Sapien 18-Inch Exclusive Figure
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Abe Froman
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Abe Froman

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Introduction
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Biography
Summaries of selected works
List of books available in English
References
External links
 


 

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