Abe Akira (阿部昭, 22 September 1934 – 19 May 1989) was a Japanese writer of short stories and novels.
[1][2] Most of his stories draw upon his biography and his family in a contemporary I-novel style known as "mental state novel" (shinkyō shōsetsu).
"The commander's holiday") about his military officer father, and the 1972 short story Peaches (Momo), which, like Kodomobeya, deals with personal childhood memories.
[1][2] A fourteen volume edition of his collected works, Abe Akira shū, was published by Iwanami Shoten in 1991–1992.
[4] Of Abe's short stories, Friends,[5][6] Peaches[7] and A Napping Cove[8] have been translated into English.