Kenzaburō Ōe

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Japanese writer Nobel laureate in Literature human novelist

Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate known for his profound, politically engaged works exploring postwar Japanese society and personal trauma.

Aliases (2)

Oe Kenzaburo ×1
大江健三郎 ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese writer → Nobel laureate in Literature → human → novelist →
awardReceived	Akutagawa Prize → Nobel Prize in Literature → Noma Literary Prize → Order of Culture (Japan) → Tanizaki Prize → Yomiuri Prize for Literature →
birthDate	1935-01-31 →
child	Hikari Ōe →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
deathDate	2023-03-03 →
educatedAt	University of Tokyo →
fieldOfStudy	French literature →
genre	autobiographical fiction → fiction → political fiction →
influencedBy	François Rabelais → Jean-Paul Sartre →
knownFor	advocacy for Japan’s postwar pacifist constitution → criticism of Japanese nationalism → depicting personal and familial trauma → exploring postwar Japanese society →
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese →
movement	postwar Japanese literature →
name	Kenzaburō Ōe →
nationality	Japanese →
nativeName	大江健三郎 →
NobelPrizeCategory	Literature →
NobelPrizeMotivation	for creating an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today →
NobelPrizeYear	1994 →
notableWork	A Personal Matter → Hiroshima Notes → Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids → Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness → The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away → The Silent Cry →
occupation	essayist → novelist → short story writer →
placeOfBirth	Shikoku, Japan → Ōse village, Ehime Prefecture, Japan →
placeOfDeath	Tokyo, Japan →
politicalView	left-wing → pacifist →
spouse	Yukari Itami →
theme	disability and family → guilt and responsibility → nuclear disarmament → rural Shikoku life →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kyoto University ("Oe Kenzaburo") → University of Tokyo →	hasNotableAlumni
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa →	influenced
Kenzaburō Ōe →	name
Kenzaburō Ōe ("大江健三郎") →	nativeName