Kenzaburō Ōe
Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, social non-conformism, and existentialism. Ōe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Ōse
- Educated at
- University of Tokyo
- Awards
- 🏆 Sei Itō Award🏆 Kawabata award🏆 Tanizaki Prize🏆 Commander of the Legion of Honour🏆 Shinchosha literature award
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"To repeat the error by exhibiting, through the construction of nuclear reactors, the same disrespect for human life is the worst possible betrayal of the memory of Hiroshima’s victims."
"In the rest of my lecture I would like to use the word "ambiguous" in accordance with the distinction made by the eminent British poet Kathleen Raine; she once said of William Blake that he was not so…"
"It takes a person of great care and insight to watch for any abnormality in the green grass even while it grows abundantly and healthily."
"There could be joy in destruction, too, couldn’t there? Isn’t Jesus Christ’s Second Coming supposed to occur only after a lot of unmitigated destruction? But again, human history is fraught with trage…"
"The verb "heal" must be used actively. I heal myself. A human being is healed by something. That is a very positive deed of human beings. When I listen to the music of my son, I don't experience any p…"
"We naturally try to forget our personal tragedies, serious or trifling, as soon as possible . We try not to carry these things over to tomorrow. It is not strange, therefore, that the whole human race…"
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Timeline
1935
Born
Birth2023
Died
Death
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