Kōbō Abe

Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor.

Born March 7th, 1924 in Kita-ku. [ref]

Died January 22nd, 1993 at 68 years old in Tokyo (cardiac arrest). [ref]

Occupations
author, film director, novelist, photographer, playwright, poet, prosaist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer
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