biography
pronunciation:
[ahbay]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1924–93)
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| biography:
| Novelist and playwright, born in Tokyo, Japan. He trained as a doctor, but turned to literature after graduating. Recognition in Japan came with the award of the Akutagawa Prize for The Wall in 1951. His predominant theme of alienation was explored in a series of works, his novels including Inter Ice Age Four (1971), The Woman in the Dunes (1965), and Secret Rendezvous (1980). |
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