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Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe

The Patriotic Vanguard 10 Mar 2024
Crisis struck Oe's life and literature with the birth of his first son, Hikari ... Rouse Up, O, Young Men of the New Age!* (1983), a work in which Oe draws upon images from William Blake's Prophecies, ...
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300 people pay tribute to author Kenzaburo Oe at memorial service

Asahi News 14 Sep 2023
Participants offered flowers while music composed by Oe’s son, Hikari, was played ... who also attended the memorial service, mentioned how she welcomed Oe and Hikari on a popular TV talk show she hosts.
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Oe Kenzaburo was made a writer by a family crisis

Economist 16 Mar 2023
The house where Oe Kenzaburo lived in Tokyo was a modest, tranquil place ... This was Hikari, his eldest son. \nThe birth of Hikari, in 1963, had been the greatest crisis in his life ... he should take Hikari home.\nThat decision also shook up his writing.
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Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe, writer of poetic fiction, dies

Hastings Tribune 16 Mar 2023
Oe, who was also an outspoken anti-nuclear and peace activist, died on March 3, his publisher, Kodansha Ltd., said in a statement Monday ... Hikari Oe had a cranial deformity at birth that caused mental disability.
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COMMENTARY: Postwar spirit and democracy made up essence of Kenzaburo Oe

Asahi News 14 Mar 2023
Kenzaburo Oe, who died on March 3 at age 88, was a writer who embodied Japan's “postwar spirit”--which even he acknowledged ... When I read the poem again, it feels like Oe is telling me that we must maintain hope in any society ... Oe could be intense.
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Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, awarded Nobel for his poetic fiction, dies

The Virginian-Pilot 14 Mar 2023
Oe, who was also an outspoken anti-nuclear and peace activist, died on March 3, his publisher, Kodansha Ltd., said in a statement Monday ... Hikari Oe had a cranial deformity at birth that caused mental disability.
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Nobel literature prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Gulf News 13 Mar 2023
Oe has said that much of his writing was an attempt to give Hikari a voice. Several of Oe’s books have characters based on Hikari, with one, “A Personal Matter,” talking about difficulties accepting the child.
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Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel prize-winning Japanese writer, dies aged 88

The Observer 13 Mar 2023
Oe has said much of his writing was an attempt to give Hikari a voice. Several of Oe’s books have characters based on Hikari, with one, A Personal Matter, talking about difficulties accepting the child.
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Nobel prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe, dead at 88, used words to preach pacifism

Indian Express 13 Mar 2023
Oe has said that much of his writing was an attempt to give Hikari a voice. Several of Oe's books have characters based on Hikari, with one, 'A Personal Matter,' talking about difficulties accepting the child.
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Japan's Nobel Prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88 -publisher

Sina 13 Mar 2023
Oe has said that much of his writing was an attempt to give Hikari a voice. Several of Oe's books have characters based on Hikari, with one, "A Personal Matter," talking about difficulties in accepting the child.
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Japan's Nobel prize-winner Kenzaburo Oe passes away at 88Oe's Nobel Prize was followed by Japan's ...

Deccan Herald 13 Mar 2023
Oe has said that much of his writing was an attempt to give Hikari a voice. Several of Oe's books have characters based on Hikari, with one, A Personal Matter, talking about difficulties in accepting the child.
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Kenzaburo Oe: novelist who won Nobel with 'poetic force'

Urdu Point 13 Mar 2023
In 1963, Oe's personal life was upended by the birth of his son Hikari, meaning "light" in Japanese, who has intellectual disabilities. Writing and living with Hikari are activities that "overlap and enrich each other", Oe said.
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Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Laureate and critic of postwar Japan, dies at 88

The Spokesman-Review 13 Mar 2023
Kenzaburo Oe was born on Jan ... Oe is survived by his wife, Yukari, his son Hikari and two other children ... “I’ve spent my life at home, eating the food my wife cooks, listening to music and being with Hikari,” Oe said in The Paris Review interview.
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Japan's Kenzaburo Oe, awarded Nobel for poetic fiction, dies

The Manila Times 13 Mar 2023
His publisher, Kodansha Ltd., said in a statement Monday that Oe had died of old age on March 3 ... Hikari Oe had a cranial deformity at birth that caused mental disability ... Oe, the third of seven children, was born Jan.
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Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, awarded Nobel for poetic fiction, dies

North Shore News 13 Mar 2023
His publisher, Kodansha Ltd., said in a statement Monday that Oe had died of old age on March 3 ... Hikari Oe had a cranial deformity at birth that caused mental disability ... Oe, the third of seven children, was born Jan.

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