Kōbō Abe

安部 公房

b. 安部 公房 [Abe Kimifusa]

Country

Japan

Languages

Japanese

Dates

1924 — 1993

east asiamodern japan

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Kimifusa Abe , known by his pen name Kōbō Abe , was a Japanese writer, playwright and director. His 1962 novel The Woman in the Dunes was made into an award-winning film by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964. Abe has often been compared to Franz Kafka for his modernist sensibilities and his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society. He died aged 68 of heart failure in Tokyo after a brief illness.