Kobo Abe
Playwright, Author
1924 – 1993
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Who was Kobo Abe?
Kōbō Abe, pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society and his modernist sensibilities.
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- Born
- Mar 7, 1924
Kita, Tokyo - Also known as
- Kimifusa Abe
- Kōbō Abe
- Abe Kimifusa
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Education
- University of Tokyo
- Lived in
- Tokyo
- Died
- Jan 22, 1993
Tokyo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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