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In a short story by this author, a starving artist draws himself food that becomes real using the title "Magic Chalk." This author wrote a novel about a homeless man seeking out the person who shot him with an air rifle; a 35-millimeter film of that shooter escaping is one of the novel's many interspersed photos. A character created by this author is nicknamed "Mobius man" because his private life intersects perfectly with his life as a teacher. This author of The Box Man wrote a novel in which a man (*) misses the last bus home from a seaside trip to search for a rare insect. The protagonist of that novel by this author starts a romantic relationship with the title character, with whom he is forced to live in a deep pit and shovel out sand. For 10 points, name this Japanese writer who created Niki Jumpei in Woman in the Dunes.
In a short story by this author, a starving artist draws himself food that becomes real using the title "Magic Chalk.
Kobo Abe [or Kimifusa Abe; accept names in either order