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Kenzaburo Ōe


Japan (1935 - 2023)

Kenzaburo Oe was a Japanese novelist whose works express the rebellion of his post-World War II generation. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994.

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   The Pinch Runner Memorandum (1957)
   The Silent Cry (1967)
   A Personal Matter (1968)
   An Echo of Heaven (1989)
   A Quiet Life (1990)
   Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (1995)
   Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! (2002)
   Somersault (2003)
   The Changeling (2010)
   Death by Water (2015)
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Collections
   The Catch (1981)
   Crazy Iris (1985)
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Non fiction show
 
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Kenzaburo Ōe recommends
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The Lonesome Bodybuilder (2018)
Yukiko Motoya
"I knew immediately this book was a work of quality entertainment by a writer who had consciously worked to hone their craft - but was it literature? I had the lingering doubts of an old man now far removed from the current readership. Wanting to delve deeper, I decided to read it again, laying aside my long-held view of fiction: one that demarcated 'entertainment' from 'real literature.' I realized I couldn't deny it. This collection serves almost as a sampler of fresh ideas and forms, but the pieces demanded more than simply to enjoy them and then put them away, saying, 'Well, that was fun.' How is it that these pieces work with their twists and tricks, and then, on top of that, also attain the state of literature? The writer possesses an acuity in human observation that will be a life's work, and the prose skill to describe it concisely. After tasting the delightful surprises in each story in this varied collection, I felt not as though I had passed through a gallery hung with individual talents, but that I had seen at one glance the irrepressible formation of an artist."
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The Old Garden (2009)
Hwang Sok-Yong
"The most powerful voice in fiction in East Asia today."

Anthologies containing stories by Kenzaburo Ōe
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Black Water 2 (1990)
More Tales of the Fantastic
(Black Water, book 2)
edited by
Alberto Manguel

Awards
Nobel Prize in Literature Lifetime Achievement winner (1994)
International Booker Prize Best Book nominee (2016) : Death by Water


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