Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Dec. 11, 2006 (Kobo Abe; b. Mar. 7, 1924, Tokyo, Japan; d. Jan. 22, 1993, Tokyo, Japan; Tokyo University, M.D., 1948; novelist and playwright; director and producer of the Kobo Theatre Workshop in Tokyo, Japan, beginning in 1973)
His Secret rendezvous, 1993, c1979 CIP data sheet (Abe Kobo; birthdate: 1924-1993)