Kōbō Abe

Författare

7 mars 1924 — 22 januari 1993 (68 år)
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).

Känd för

  • Kvinnan i sanden
    Kvinnan i sanden1964
  • En annans ansikte
    En annans ansikte1966
  • Otoshiana
    Otoshiana1962
  • Rummet med de tjocka väggarna
    Rummet med de tjocka väggarna1956
  • White Morning
    White Morning1964
  • The Box Man
    The Box Man2024
  • Friends
    Friends1988

Filmografi

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