# Kenzaburō Ōe

> A Japanese writer whose work wrestled with nuclear weapons, existentialism, and social rupture - questions large enough to earn him the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for a vision where myth and life merge into something unsettling and true.

*Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935-2023)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1935-01-31
- **Died:** 2023-03-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born 31 January 1935, Ōe came up through French and American literary traditions, absorbing their theories and turning them toward his own country's contradictions. His novels, stories, and essays pressed on political and philosophical pressure points: nuclear power, the cost of nonconformity, the weight of existence itself. The Nobel committee in 1994 recognized him for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today" - a literature that refused easy answers. He remained a major figure in contemporary Japanese letters until his death on 3 March 2023.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 71.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.2 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 25.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0644192/ (@nm0644192)

## Topics
#Writers, #Writer / Author, #Fiction, #Screenwriting, #Literature, #Japan, #Asia, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **2023** - Died
- **2002** - Commander of the Legion of Honour
- **1994** - Nobel Prize in Literature
- **1994** - Order of Culture
- **1990** - Sei Itō Award
- **1983** - Yomiuri Prize
- **1973** - Noma Literary Prize
- **1967** - Tanizaki Prize
- **1958** - Akutagawa Prize
- **1935** - Born

## Sources
- [大江健三郎](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%B1%9F%E5%81%A5%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E)
- [Kenzaburo Oë](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzaburo_O%C3%AB)
- [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce)
- [Оэ, Кэндзабуро](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%8D%2C_%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE)
- [大江健三郎](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E6%B1%9F%E5%81%A5%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E)
- [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce)
- [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce)
- [Kenzaburo Oe](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzaburo_Oe)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80095)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Kenzabur%C5%8D%20%C5%8Ce)
- [Кэндзабура Оэ](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%8D)
- [Кэндзабура Оэ](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%8D)
- [Кендзабуро Ое](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D0%B5)
- [কেন্‌জাবুরো ওহয়ে](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87)
- [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce)
- [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce)
- [Dâi-gŏng Gióng-săng-lòng](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A2i-g%C5%8Fng_Gi%C3%B3ng-s%C4%83ng-l%C3%B2ng)
- [Kenzaburó Óe](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C3%B3_%C3%93e)
- [Kenzaburo Oe](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzaburo_Oe)
- [Kenzaburō Ōe](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce)
- [Kenzaburo Oe](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzaburo_Oe)
- [Κενζαμπούρο Όε](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF_%CE%8C%CE%B5)
- [Oe Kenzaburo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oe_Kenzaburo)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce)
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- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenzabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Ce)
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- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2923301)

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