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Kōbō Abe
Writer, Additional Credits
Born March 7, 1924Died January 22, 1993 (68 years)
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).
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
| 2024 | The Box Man · as Novel |
| 1968 | The Man Without a Map · as Screenplay |
| 1966 | The Face of Another · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | Woman in the Dunes · as Novel |
| 1962 | Pitfall · as Screenplay |
| 1956 | The Thick-Walled Room · as Screenplay |