Sadly, Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe passed away at 88. His darkly poetic books are based on his childhood experiences growing up under Japan’s post-World War II occupation and his experiences as the parent of a disabled son who has since left this world, shattering his family and an entire community. In a statement released Monday, Kodansha Ltd, his publisher, revealed that Oe had passed away on March 3 due to old age. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994 because of his work, and the judges praised his “darkly poetic” books for painting unsettling portraits of human plight.Follow our website, Leakstimes, for the latest updates!!!!!
Since the publisher of the Japanese writer made the news of his passing public, his loved ones, and even the community have been grieving his passing and expressing their sincere grief to the family members who are going through a trying time because they lost their cherished family member. “Kenzaburo Oe’s death was revealed today and it’s fairly sad,” reads a tweet. I admire how he told the Japanese far-right to shut up after World War Two and was even criticized by nationalists on the far-right. He also engaged in the Anpo protests.A humanist warrior, RIP.
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Kenzaburo Oe: Who Was He?
On January 31, 1935, in Ose, Ehime, as Kenzaburo Oe.Out of the family’s seven offspring, he was the third son.His grandmother taught him about art and oral storytelling, but she perished in 1944, the same year his father died in the Pacific War.Books like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, whose effect Oe claims “he will take to the grave,” were purchased by his mother, who later took on the role of his foremost educator.
When he was 18, he first traveled to Tokyo and finished high school in Matsuyama. After those years, he began studying French literature at Tokyo University under the guidance of François Rabelais expert Professor Kazuo Watanabe. In 1957, he began to write stories.
As a member of the youthful authors, artists, and musicians known as the “Young Japan Society,” he also participated in the Anpo Protests against the US-Japan Security Treaty. His works accessible in English include Memushiri Kouchi, Sevuntiin, Kojinteki na taken, Hiroshima noto, Pinchiranna chosho, Jinsei no Shinseki, Kaifuku Suru kazoku, Torikae ko, Atarashii hito yo meme yo, and more. Both his family and acquaintances will always have fond memories of him.
