Kobo Abe Biography (1924–93)

Novelist and playwright, born in Tokyo, Japan. He trained as a doctor, but turned to literature after graduating. Recognition in Japan came with the award of the Akutagawa Prize for The Wall in 1951. His predominant theme of alienation was explored in a series of works, his novels including The Woman in the Dunes (1965), Inter Ice Age Four (1971), and Secret Rendezvous (1980).

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See Also

Japanese Literature, Tokyo, Akutagawa Prize


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