Kōbō Abe

Born March 7, 1924· Kita, Tokyo, Japan

† Died January 22, 1993

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Emerging from a childhood split between Tokyo and Manchuria, he pursued medical studies at Tokyo Imperial University before abandoning the profession to write. His literary breakthrough arrived with the 1951 Akutagawa Prize, and his surreal narratives soon attracted cinematic interest; Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 1964 adaptation of his novel The Woman in the Dunes earned international accolades and ceme… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources