Research topic: Kobo Abe

Related pictures

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Rate these pictures

Kobo Abe

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kobo Abe , pseud. of Kimifusa Abe, 1924-93, Japanese novelist and dramatist. Although Abe trained as a doctor, he never practiced medicine. Often compared to Kafka , he treated the contemporary human predicament in a realistic yet symbolic style. His minute descriptions of surrealistic situations often lend his works a nightmarish quality. Among Abe's novels are Woman in the Dunes (1962; tr. and film 1964), his best-known work, and Secret Rendezvous (tr. 1979). His plays include Friends (1967; tr. 1969). The first of his short stories to appear in English were collected in ... Read more
Kobo Abe
Kobo Abe An important figure in contemporary Japanese literature, Kobo Abe (1924-1993) attracted an international audience...many in post-World War II Japanese society. Abe's works were often linked to the writings... Read more
Suna No Onna
...Producers: Kiichi Ichikawa and Tadashi Ohno; screenplay: Kobo Abe, from a novel by Kobo Abe; photography: Hiroshi Segawa; editor: Masako Shuzui...Special Jury Prize, 1964. Publications Script: Abe, Kobo, Woman in the Dunes , New York, 1966. Books: Mellen... Read more

Facts and information from other sites



Related research topics

There are no related topics.
Please relate topics for us.

Online videos

???????? Kobo Abe - hakootoko

Free newspaper and magazine articles

Free Article Kobo Abe: Japan's novelist of alienation. (Obituary)
Free Article Three Plays.(Brief Article)
Free Article Obituaries.(Hiroshi Teshigahara, Renzo Vespignani, Stephen S. Prokopoff, Maria-Gaetana Matisse)(Brief Article)(Obituary)

For Students and teachers!

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: