Kōbō Abe

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkb:Japanese_art
gptkbp:active_years_end gptkb:1993
gptkbp:active_years_start 1948
gptkbp:adaptation The Face of Another (film)
The Woman in the Dunes (film)
The Ruined Map (film)
gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:The_Box_Man_(film)
The Face of Another (film)
The Woman in the Dunes (film)
The Box Man (play)
The Face of Another (play)
The Woman in the Dunes (play)
gptkbp:associated_acts gptkb:Shōchiku_Co.,_Ltd.
gptkb:Theater_Company_of_Japan
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkb:Surrealism
Existentialism
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Noma_Literary_Prize
gptkb:culture
gptkb:Yomiuri_Prize
gptkb:Mainichi_Art_Prize
gptkb:Mainichi_Art_Award
gptkb:Yasunari_Kawabata_Prize
gptkbp:birth_date 1924-03-07
March 7, 1924
gptkbp:born March 7, 1924
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:children gptkb:Abe_Kōbō
gptkb:Abe_Kōsuke
gptkbp:death_date January 22, 1993
1993-01-22
gptkbp:died January 22, 1993
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:education gptkb:Tokyo_University
gptkbp:famous_for Exploring themes of identity
Exploring themes of alienation
Exploring themes of isolation
Exploring themes of absurdity
Exploring themes of existential dread
gptkbp:field gptkb:theater
gptkb:literature
gptkb:film
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
gptkb:novel
gptkb:drama
gptkb:Surrealism
Existentialism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kōbō Abe
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Banana_Yoshimoto
gptkb:Kazuo_Ishiguro
gptkb:Haruki_Murakami
gptkb:Japanese_literature
Post-war literature
Post-war Japanese fiction
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Yasunari_Kawabata
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Haruki_Murakami
gptkbp:inspired_by gptkb:Japanese_culture
gptkb:philosophy
Western literature
gptkbp:involvement gptkb:translator
gptkb:theater
gptkb:film
Literary criticism
Cultural commentary
Japanese avant-garde movement
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:absurdism
gptkb:The_Face_of_Another
gptkb:The_Box_Man
gptkb:The_Woman_in_the_Dunes
surrealism
existential themes
Innovative narrative techniques
Exploring themes of identity
Surreal imagery
Exploring themes of alienation
Exploring themes of existentialism
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:Japanese
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Japanese
gptkbp:notable_awards gptkb:Akutagawa_Prize
gptkb:Tanizaki_Prize
gptkb:Kikuchi_Kan_Prize
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Ark_Sakura
gptkb:The_Face_of_Another
gptkb:The_Ruined_Map
gptkb:The_Box_Man
gptkb:The_Woman_in_the_Dunes
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:The_Face_of_Another
gptkb:The_Box_Man
gptkb:The_Woman_in_the_Dunes
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:playwright
gptkb:Screenwriter
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:spouse Yoko Abe
gptkbp:website http://www.koboabe.com
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Ark_Sakura
gptkb:The_Face_of_Another
gptkb:The_Ruined_Map
gptkb:The_Box_Man
gptkb:The_Woman_in_the_Dunes
The Secret Rendezvous
The Red Cocoon
The Woman in the Dunes (film adaptation)
The Candlestick
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_New_York_Review_of_Books
gptkb:The_Anarchist_(film)
gptkb:Murakami
gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4