Writing
Kōbō Abe
Kōbō Abe is a writer born on March 7, 1924 in Kita, Tokyo, Japan. He died on January 22, 1993, aged 68. He is known for Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another and Pitfall. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 7, 1924
- Place of birth
- Kita, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- January 22, 1993
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Biography
Kōbō Abe, pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (March 7, 1924 – January 22, 1993) 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. Among the honors bestowed on him were the Akutagawa Prize in 1951 for The Crime of S. Karuma, the Yomiuri Prize in 1962 for Woman in the Dunes, and the Tanizaki Prize in 1967 for the play Friends. Kenzaburō Ōe stated that Abe deserved the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he himself had won (Abe was nominated multiple times).
Filmography
- 2024The Box ManNovel
- 1980The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is DeadDirector · Screenplay · Story
- 1971The Cliff of TimeWriter · Director
- 1970240 Hours in One DayScreenplay
- 1968The Man Without a MapNovel · Screenplay
- 1966The Face of AnotherScreenplay · Novel
- 1964Woman in the DunesNovel · Screenplay
- 1963IntrudersScreenplay
- 1962PitfallStory · Screenplay
- 1956The Thick-Walled RoomScreenplay
- 1954A BillionaireWriter