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BIOGRAPHY
Kobe Abe, novelist and playwright, was born in Tokyo, Japan. His father was a physician. He was educated at the University of Tokyo where he studied medicine. Although he graduated, he never practiced medicine. He began his career as a writer instead and joined the literary group headed by Kiyoteru Hamada.
Abe published his first collection of poems, MUMEI SHISHU, when he was 23. He gained recognition the following year with his novel OWARISHI MICHI NO SHIRUBE NI. Several of his works have been made into films by the director Teshigahara Hiroshi.
Kobe Abe died in 1993.
CHRONOLOGY
1924 He was born in Tokyo, Japan.
1943 He entered the University of Tokyo.
1947 MUMEI SHISHU
1948 OWARISHI MICHI NO SHIRUBE NI (THE ROAD SIGN AT THE END OF THE STREET); He graduated from the University of Tokyo.
1952 UETA HIFU
1954 KIGA DOMEI; KABE ATSUKI HEYA
1956 ARU ROKUJU-NI GO NO HATSUMEI
1957 MOKEN NO KOKORO NI KEISANKI NO TE O; KEMONO-TACHI WA KOKYO-O MESASU; TOO O YUKU; BO NI NATTA OTOKO (THE MAN WHO TURNED INTO STICK)
1958 HAKERERU KIROKU
1959 DAI-YON KAMPYOKI (INTER ICE AGE 4); YUREI WA KOKO NI IRU; TOMODACHI (FRIENDS)
1960 ISHI NO ME
1962 SUNA NA ONNA (THE WOMAN IN TH DUNES)
1964 TANIN NO KAO (THE FACE OF ANOTHER); TOKI NO GAKE (THE CLIFF OF TIME); MUKANKEI NA SHI
1967 MOETSUKITA CHIZU (THE RUINED MAP; TOMODACHI (FRIENDS)
1969 BO NI NATTA OTOKO (THE MAN WHO TURNED INTO A STICK)
1970 ABE KOBO-SHU; ABE KOBO GIKYOKU ZENSHU
1972 ABE KOBO ZEN-SAKUHIN
1973 FOUR STORIES BY KOBO ABE; HAKO OTOKO (THE SUITCASE/THE BOX MAN
1977 MIKKAI (SECRET RENDEZVOUS)
1978 WARAU TSUKI
1984 HAKOBUNE SAKURA MARU (THE ART OF SAKURA)
1991 KANGARU NOTO (KANGAROO NOTEBOOK); BEYOND THE CURVE
1993 THREE PLAYS; He died. (January 22)
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