1. Kbo Abe (1924-1993) Japanese Writer (19241993) Japanese writer. Kobo Abe has been compared to German writer Franz Kafka. He's known for Woman in the Dunes and Secret Rendezvous. http://classiclit.about.com/od/abekobo/Abe_Kobo.htm

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Home Travel Tokyo Travel Guide Culture ... Next Abe Kobo - Japanese Author Abe Kobo (1924 - 1993) was a Japanese author. He was born in Tokyo, grew up in Manchuria and graduated with a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University before becoming an avant-garde novelist and playwright. In the 1960s, he collaborated with Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara in adapting to film The Pitfall, The Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another and The Ruined Map. Abe's surreal and often nightmarish explorations of the individual in contemporary society earned him comparisons to Kafka and his influence extended beyond Japan, particularly with the success of The Woman in the Dunes at the Cannes Film Festival. Article text is from Wikipedia and licensed under terms of the GFDL . The original article can be found here Many of the items reviewed can be found at Amazon.com Bonsai Trees Under $30 Site Map Contact ... Advertise © 2003-2005 Japan-101.com

3. Abe Kobo Biography Abe Kobo biography and related resources. Abe Kobo (安部公房, March 7, 1924 January 22, 1993) was a Japanese writer. http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Abe_Kobo.html

Biography Base Home Link To Us Search Biographies: Browse Biographies A B C D ... Z Abe Kobo Biography Abe Kobo In the 1960s, he collaborated with Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara in adapting to film The Pitfall, The Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another and The Ruined Map. Abe's surreal and often nightmarish explorations of the individual in contemporary society earned him comparisons to Kafka and his influence extended well beyond Japan, particularly with the success of The Woman in the Dunes at the Cannes Film Festival. List of books available in English The Woman in the Dunes Inter Ice Age 4 The Face of Another The Ruined Map The Man Who Turned Into a Stick The Box Man Kangaroo Notebook The Ark Sakura Secret Rendevous Beyond the Curve (short stories) Three Plays by Kobo Abe Friends (play) Abe Kobo Resources Contact Us Sitemap This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article Abe Kobo

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6. Abe Kobo Abe Kobo (Note Japanese names in this article are given in the Japanese order, with surname first and given name second) Abe Kobo (安部公房, March 7, 1924 January 22 http://encyclopedia.codeboy.net/wikipedia/a/ab/abe_kobo.html

Main Page encyclopedia.codeboy.net Abe Kobo (Note: Japanese names in this article are given in the Japanese order, with surname first and given name second) Abe Kobo March 7 January 22 ) was a Japanese writer . He was born in Tokyo , grew up in Manchuria and graduated in with a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University on the condition that he wouldn't practice. He published his first novel in 1948 and worked as an avant-garde novelist and playwright, but it wasn't until he published The Woman in the Dunes in that he won widespread international acclaim. In the , he collaborated with Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara in adapting to film The Pitfall The Woman in the Dunes The Face of Another and The Ruined Map . Abe's surreal and often nightmarish explorations of the individual in contemporary society earned him comparisons to Kafka and his influence extended well beyond Japan, particularly with the success of The Woman in the Dunes at the Cannes Film Festival List of books available in English The Woman in the Dunes Inter Ice Age 4 The Face of Another The Ruined Map The Man Who Turned Into a Stick The Box Man Kangaroo Notebook The Ark Sakura Secret Rendevous Beyond the Curve Three Plays by Kobo Abe Friends (play) See also Japanese literature List of Japanese authors science fiction authors ... television shows "Hell is paved with good samaritans." - William M. Holden

7. Abe Kobo - Definition Kobo Abe (安部公房 Abe K�b�, pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (Abe Kimifusa, born March 7, 1924 January 22, 1993) was a Japanese writer. He was born in Tokyo, grew up in http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Abe_Kobo

Abe Kobo - Definition Kobo Abe pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe Abe Kimifusa , born March 7 January 22 ) was a Japanese writer He was born in Tokyo , grew up in Manchuria and graduated in with a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University on the condition that he wouldn't practice. He published his first novel in 1948 and worked as an avant-garde novelist and playwright, but it wasn't until he published The Woman in the Dunes in that he won widespread international acclaim. In the , he collaborated with Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara in adapting to film The Pitfall Woman in the Dunes The Face of Another and The Ruined Map Abe's surreal and often nightmarish explorations of the individual in contemporary society earned him comparisons to Kafka and his influence extended well beyond Japan, particularly with the success of Woman in the Dunes at the Cannes Film Festival List of books available in English Woman in the Dunes Inter Ice Age 4 The Face of Another The Ruined Map The Man Who Turned Into a Stick The Box Man Kangaroo Notebook The Ark Sakura Secret Rendezvous Beyond the Curve (short stories) Three Plays by Kobo Abe Friends (play) See also Japanese literature List of Japanese authors science fiction authors ... television shows Kobo - Example Usage http://bit.ly/czQZFW

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Coloring Pages Printables Free Teacher Resources Teacher Supplies ... Edit this page Abe Kobo Abe Kobo ) was a Japanese author . He was born in Tokyo , grew up in Manchuria and graduated in with a medical degree from Tokyo Imperial University on the condition that he wouldn't practice. He published his first novel in 1948 and worked as an avant-garde novelist and playwright, but it wasn't until he published The Woman in the Dunes in that he won widespread international acclaim. In the , he collaborated with Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara in adapting to film The Pitfall The Woman in the Dunes The Face of Another and The Ruined Map Abe's surreal and often nightmarish explorations of the individual in contemporary society earned him comparisons to Kafka and his influence extended well beyond Japan, particularly with the success of The Woman in the Dunes at the Cannes Film Festival List of Books Available in English The Woman in the Dunes Inter Ice Age 4 The Face of Another The Ruined Map The Man Who Turned Into a Stick The Box Man Kangaroo Notebook The Ark Sakura Secret Rendevous Beyond the Curve (short stories) Three Plays by Kobo Abe Friends (play) See also Japanese literature List of Japanese authors All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License TeachersParadise.com HOME

9. Abe Kobo Biography - Litweb.net Abe Kobo Biography Abe Kobo (1924 - 1993) Avant-garde novelist and playwright who represented the outsider in the Japanese literary world of the 1960s and 1970s. Abe Kobo http://www.litweb.net/biogs/abe_kobo.html

var stormJs = 'sid2028_4.003.js'; Home About Us Contact Complete Index ... Reading Room Find out about the major literary prizes and their past winners. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Booker Prize Nobel Prize for Literature biblion.com ... Nobel Prize by: All Author Title Keyword for: Kobo Abe search biblion Avant-garde novelist and playwright who represented the outsider in the Japanese literary world of the 1960s and 1970s. Central themes in Abe's works are the loss of identity, alienation and isolation of the individual in a strange world, and the difficulty people have in communicating with one another. In the West Abe is best-known for his novels, such as The Woman in the Dunes (1962) and The Face of Another (1964). "What were you looking at?" "A window." "No, no. I mean what were you looking at through the window?" "Windows... lots of windows. One by one the lights are going off. That's the only instant you really know somebody's there." (from The Ruined Map, 1967)

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11. Abe Kobo Abe K b (pron. AHbay KOH-boh ) (1924-1993) stands out dramatically from his contemporaries in postwar Japanese literature. His works bear no resemblence to the http://www.ibiblio.org/abekobo/

Abe (pron. "AH-bay KOH-boh") (1924-1993) stands out dramatically from his contemporaries in postwar Japanese literature. His works bear no resemblence to the subjective, ultra-realistic and autobiographical style that characterizes a great deal of postwar literature in general and postwar Japanese literature in particular. The reason for this, it has become customary to point out, probably lies in his relatively unique upbringing. Abe grew up in Manchuria, or Manchukuo as the Japanese leasehold/puppet state was known at the time. As such he presumably did not develop the deep ties to such concepts as furusato (hometown) and the emperor , both of which play large roles in the works of contemporaries Mishima Yukio and Nobel laureate Oe Kenzaburo. Furthermore, Abe did not undergo formal training in literature as did so many of his contemporaries. Instead he followed in his father's footsteps, studying medicine at Tokyo Imperial University. Unlike another famous medical doctor in Japanese literature, Mori Ogai, Abe did not excel in this field, nor did it seem that he had any particular enthusiasm for a life in medicine. It is said that he was allowed to graduate only on the condition that he never practice medicine. After the war Abe began experimenting with various radical social and artistic theories. Abe joined a small literary/artistic/philosophical group called

12. HORAGAI: Abe Kobo Transcript of an interview with Abe s daughter. http://www.horagai.com/www/abe/xneri.htm

Interview with Abe Neri translated by Mark Gibeau On Haniya Yutaka On Hanada Kiyoteru Active Art ... For Aquatic Humans Mrs. Abe Neri is the daughter of Abe Kobo. She is an obsterician and a mother of three children. She is now editing the Complete Works of Abe Kobo and preparing his biography. Kato Koiti made this interview on Octber 27 1996, and Mr. Mark Gibeau volunteered to traslate it in English on April 6 1997. On Haniya Yutaka I am currently researching Abe's early period. Haniya Yutaka , Hanada Kiyoteru, Okamoto Taro and others experimented a great deal back then, I find it very fascinating. I was surprised to discover such an energetic period. I wonder if you have any recollections of that time. Abe Neri : I don't know anything about that period. I was born in 1954. Oh yes, that's right. But I recall reading something about how you danced at a party at Haniya's home. Neri : That was Abe Kobo, not me. My only memories are very fragmented. I am currently preparing a biography on Abe Kobo and last year I received an invitation to speak with Haniya Yutaka. When I went to interview him, I thought, "So this is the room where they had the dance party." I think that it was held in my pre elementary school days. Ah, so you were still quite young. I was thinking of a dance party somewhere along the lines of "American Graffiti." What kind of a room was it?

13. HORAGAI: Literary News Covers Abe and modern Japanese literature in general. Interviews, updates and a wide variety of information. http://www.horagai.com/www/abe/english.html

Reading Abe Kobo What's New! Interview with Abe Neri (The daughter of Abe Kobo) Exhibition of Abe Kobo at Chofu City Bibliography A brief of Biography How contemporaries read Abe Kobo? Haniya Yutaka, Hanada Kiyoteru Interview with with the chief editor of The Complete Works of Abe Kobo Abe Kobo on the WWW Manuscripts of The Face of Another English article Japanese article Table of HORAGAI

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K�b� Abe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search This article does not cite any references or sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (July 2010) K�b� Abe Abe K�b� pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe Abe Kimifusa , 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 Kenzabur� Ōe stated that Abe deserved the Nobel Prize in Literature , which he himself had won (Abe was nominated multiple times). Contents Biography Bibliography Novels Collected short stories ... edit Biography This section requires expansion Abe was born in Kita Tokyo and grew up in Mukden (now Shen-yang ) in Manchuria . His father was a physician who taught at a local medical college. Abe returned to Japan in 1941 and began studies at Tokyo Imperial University in 1943. He graduated in 1948 with a medical degree, on the condition that he would not practice. He was first published as a poet in 1947 with

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16. Literary Homepage HORAGAI Includes an interview with the author s daughter, a biography and bibliography. (English, Japanese) http://www.horagai.com/

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18. Kobo Abe In the 1970s, Abe wrote several plays, and directed his own theater company in Tokyo, the Abe Kobo Studio, which dissolved after seven years. http://kirjasto.sci.fi/koboabe.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne Kobo Abe (1924-1993) The Woman in the Dunes (1962) and The Face of Another "What were you looking at?" "A window." "No, no. I mean what were you looking at through the window?" "Windows... lots of windows. One by one the lights are going off. That's the only instant you really know somebody's there." (from The Ruined Map 'The teacher smiled:" No, it's not the case that all these people are sticks. When I say that being a stick is excessively ordinary, I speak in the qualitative rather than the quantitative sense. It's the same thing as mathematicians not saying much about the properties of a triangle. Because there are no new discoveries to be made from it."' (from 'The Stick' in Late Chrysanthemum: Twenty-One Stories from the Japanese His first book Abe had actually written in 1943. His writing, often stiff and formal, reflected his preoccupation with ideas rather than stylistic techniques. Important writers for his own artistic development were Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Beckett, Rainer Maria Rilke and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. In 1947 Abe published at his own expense a collection of poems. His reputation as a writer Abe established with the novel OWARISHI MICHI NO SHIRUBE NI (1948), about the story of an opium addict. In the 1950s, Abe joined the Japanese Communist Party. However, in 1962 he was expulsed from the party because of critical articles towards JPC, partly as a result of a trip through Hungary, some months before the national uprising in 1956 against Communist rule. Abe supported the independence of Hungary from the Soviet Union. In 1961, Abe and twenty-seven other literary figures declared their opposition to JPC'S Stalinist policies.

19. Abe, Kobo - The Woman In The Dunes 1 ONE day in August a man disappeared. He had simply set out for the seashore on a http://www.scribd.com/doc/13388060/Abe-Kobo-The-Woman-in-the-Dunes

20. Kobo Abe Brief biography of Abe with bibliography of his works. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/koboabe.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne Kobo Abe (1924-1993) The Woman in the Dunes (1962) and The Face of Another "What were you looking at?" "A window." "No, no. I mean what were you looking at through the window?" "Windows... lots of windows. One by one the lights are going off. That's the only instant you really know somebody's there." (from The Ruined Map 'The teacher smiled:" No, it's not the case that all these people are sticks. When I say that being a stick is excessively ordinary, I speak in the qualitative rather than the quantitative sense. It's the same thing as mathematicians not saying much about the properties of a triangle. Because there are no new discoveries to be made from it."' (from 'The Stick' in Late Chrysanthemum: Twenty-One Stories from the Japanese His first book Abe had actually written in 1943. His writing, often stiff and formal, reflected his preoccupation with ideas rather than stylistic techniques. Important writers for his own artistic development were Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Beckett, Rainer Maria Rilke and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. In 1947 Abe published at his own expense a collection of poems. His reputation as a writer Abe established with the novel OWARISHI MICHI NO SHIRUBE NI (1948), about the story of an opium addict. In the 1950s, Abe joined the Japanese Communist Party. However, in 1962 he was expulsed from the party because of critical articles towards JPC, partly as a result of a trip through Hungary, some months before the national uprising in 1956 against Communist rule. Abe supported the independence of Hungary from the Soviet Union. In 1961, Abe and twenty-seven other literary figures declared their opposition to JPC'S Stalinist policies.

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