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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.
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 Kōbō Abe romanizes his name as Kōbō Abe.
Biography
Abe was born in Kita, Tokyo, grew up in then Mukden, (now Shen-yang) in Manchuria. His father was a physician who 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 would not 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 was not until he published The Woman in the Dunes in 1962 that he won widespread international acclaim. More on [ Kobo Abe ]
I prefer Abe Kobo to Nakano Shigeharu, but the latter would be greater than the former.
kimarx (Kim, YiChul éå©å²) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:09:41 -0000
I prefer Abe Kobo to Nakano Shigeharu, but the latter would be greater than the former.
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TanyaPh (Tanya Phonanan) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:32:19 -0000
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Abe Kobo - Novelist and playwright. Includes bibliographies of translated and critical works, a brief biography and synopses of some of his earlier works.
Abe, Kobo - Entry for Abe at Encyclopedia.com.
Meta Description: [ ABE, KOBO [Abe, Kobo] , pseud. of Kimifusa Abe, 1924-93, Japanese novelist and dramatist. Although Abe trained as a doctor, he never practiced med ]
Abe, Kobo - Inter Ice Age 4 - Annotated abstract of Abe's work at Medical Humanities.
Horagai: Abe Kobo - Includes an interview with the author's daughter, a biography and bibliography.
Interview with Abe Neri - Transcript of an interview with Abe's daughter.
Kobo Abe - Brief biography of Abe with bibliography of his works.
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Kobo Abe - Modernity and Isolation in a Changing Japan - Chapter focusing on Abe from Susan Llorens's Postwar Japanese Novelists.
Kobo Abe Bibliography - A bibliography of Kobo Abe's books and short stories, with book covers.
Meta Description: [ A bibliography of Kobo Abe's books, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. ]
Scriptorium - Kobo Abé - Article presenting a critical overview of Abe's work.
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