Kenzaburō Ōe, Date of Birth

    

Kenzaburō Ōe

Japanese author

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1935

Profession: screenwriter, writer, university teacher, novelist, essayist, science fiction writer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Kenzaburō Ōe

  • Kenzaburo Oe (?? ???, Oe Kenzaburo, born 31 January 1935) is 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.
  • Oe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994 for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".

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