Bio
Kenzaburō Ōe (1935- ) was born in Ehime Prefecture. The publication of Kimyo na Shigoto ("A Strange Job") in 1957, while Ōe was still a student in the French literature department of Tokyo University, marked the beginning of his literary career. In 1958, he was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for "The Catch." His first full-length novel Me mushiri Ko uchi ("Plucking Buds and Shooting Lambs"), published in the same year, also won great acclaim. He received his degree from Tokyo University in 1959, his graduation thesis being on Sartre. Notable among his works are Warera no Jidai ("Our Time") (1959), A Personal Matter (1964), a documentary entitled Hiroshima Notes (1964-65), Ōe Kenzaburō Zenshū (Complete Works,1966-67), and a collection of lectures entitled Kakujidai no Sōzōryoku (Imagination in the Atomic Age, 1970). In 1994 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.Kenzaburō Ōe Books
Fire from the Ashes
Kenzaburō ŌeThe Silent Cry
Kenzaburo OeDeath by Water
Kenzaburo OeThe Silent Cry
Kenzaburo OeA Personal Matter
Kenzaburo OeTeach Us to Outgrow Our Madness
Kenzaburo OeThe Changeling
Kenzaburo OePolitical Awakenings
Harry KreislerRouse Up O Young Men of the New Age!
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