Kōbō Abe

Autor

7. März 1924 — 22. Januar 1993 (68 Jahre)
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).

Bekannt aus

  • Die Frau in den Dünen
    Die Frau in den Dünen1964
  • The Face of Another
    The Face of Another1966
  • Pitfall
    Pitfall1962
  • The Thick-Walled Room
    The Thick-Walled Room1956
  • White Morning
    White Morning1964
  • Hako Otoko
    Hako Otoko2024
  • Friends
    Friends1988

Filmografie

2024
The Box Man · as Novel
1968
1966
1964
Woman in the Dunes · as Novel
1962
Pitfall · as Screenplay
1956
The Thick-Walled Room · as Screenplay