Biography
Kenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎, Ōe Kenzaburō, 31 January 1935 – 3 March 2023) 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".
Filmography
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Movies 8
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self 2
TV Shows 1
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The Catch (2011)
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Self (archive footage)
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' (2003)
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A Quiet Life (1995)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1935-01-31
Deathday2023-03-03 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceEhime Prefecture, Japan
ChildrenHikari Ōe
RelativesMansaku Itami, Jūzō Itami, Juzo Itami, Mansaku Ikeuchi
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As大江健三郎
AwardsNoma Literary Prize, Order of Culture, Yomiuri Prize, Asahi Prize, Shinchosha literature award, Nobel Prize in Literature, Grinzane Cavour Prize, Akutagawa Prize, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Tanizaki Prize, Kawabata award, Sei Itō Award, Osaragi Jirō Award
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