Kenzaburo Oe
Japanese novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994. His work, written in Japanese but widely read in English translation, explores Hiroshima, disability, and Japan's postwar identity. A Personal Matter is his most celebrated novel.
Works
- A Personal MatterNovel about a man and his disabled son confronting mortality and meaning
- The Silent CryNovel of rebellion and darkness as a man returns to his rural hometown
- An Echo of Heaven
- Nip the Buds, Shoot the KidsNovel about youth and violence during wartime in rural Japan
- Rouse Up O Young Men of the New AgeNovel examining sexuality, identity, and redemption across generations