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Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
About Abe Akira
- Abe Akira (?? ?, September 22, 1934 – May 19, 1989) was a contemporary Japanese author. He was born in Hiroshima, where his father, a naval officer, was stationed, but spent the majority of his childhood in the seaside town of Kugenuma. Abe Akira graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in French literature and worked for a broadcasting company until 1971, when he became a full-time writer. His literary career began in 1962 with the publication of The Children's Room, (Kodomobeya), an emotional account of growing up with a mentally challenged older brother.
- Almost all of his stories are autobiographical and based on events from his own life and the lives of his family.
- His short story, Peaches, published in 1972, has appeared in several anthologies of short stories.
- Peaches is a tale in which the author questions his memory, which is the most fundamental source of his art.
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