Kōbō Abe

Geboren: 7. März 1924· Kita, Tokyo, Japan

† Gestorben: 22. Januar 1993

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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… Mehr lesen