Abe Kōbō

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Kōbō Abe (安部公房) is the pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (安部公房). Abe was born in Kita, Tokyo, the son of a physician who taught medicine. He was raised in Mukden, Manchuria. He returned to Japan in 1941, and in 1943 he went to Tokyo Imperial University, where he earned a medical degree but he failed his medical exam and was forbidden from practicing. He returned to Manchuria as an author. In 1947, he self-published his first book, Mumei-shishū ("Poems of an unknown poet"). His wrote avant-garde poetry, novels, and plays. In 1977 he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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砂の女
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Box Man
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Zhenshchina V Peskakh. Luchshee
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Virane Harita
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Kutu Adam
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Baskasinin Yüzü
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Beasts Head for Home
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Kanguru Defteri
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EL MAPA CALCINADO
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EL MAPA CALCINADO
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The Frontier Within
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HISTORIA DE LAS PULGAS QUE VIAJARON A LA LUNA
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HISTORIA DE LAS PULGAS QUE VIAJARON A LA LUNA
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Los cuentos siniestros - 1. ed.
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Face of Another (Penguin Modern Classics)
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The Woman in the dunes
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Cahier kangourou
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The Face of Another
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Secret Rendezvous
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Moetsukita chizu
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The Box Man
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L' Homme Boîte
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Kumlarin Kadini
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Arbeits- und Sozialrecht für das Gastgewerbe.
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