Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, awarded Nobel for poetic fiction, dies

Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Nobel literature laureate for poetic fiction, dies at 88

Oe in 1994 became the second Japanese author awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.

Nobel-winning writer Kenzaburo Oe dead at 88

The Swedish Academy cited the author in 1994 for his works of fiction, in which “poetic force creates an imagined world where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today.”

Muere a los 88 años Kenzaburo Oe, escritor japonés y Premio Nobel de Literatura

El escritor falleció el pasado 3 de marzo y su familia realizó una ceremonia privada antes de anunciar oficialmente su deceso.

Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe, Who Wrote of War and His Son, Dies at 88

Ten years old when Japan was defeated in World War Two, Oe was scarred by his memories, which included being asked in school every day if he was willing to die for the Emperor and feeling shame when realising in bed at night that he wasn't.

Nobel Prize-winning Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

(CNN) — Japanese Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe, a writer who was renowned for a strong pacifist stance that weaved its way into much of his work, has died of “old age”, his publisher confirmed Monday. The publisher, Kodansha, said the 88-year-old had passed away ten days earlier on March 3. The Nobel Prize website described Kenzaburo Oe as someone “who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a …

Muere Kenzaburo Oe, ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El escritor japonés ganador del Premio Nobel, Kenzaburo Oe, ha fallecido de “avanzada edad” a los 88 años, según informa su editorial, Kodansha. Oe ganó el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1994. El sitio web del Premio Nobel afirma que Kenzaburo Oe “crea con fuerza poética un mundo imaginado, donde la vida y el mito se condensan para formar una imagen desconcertante del predicamento humano actual”. Nacido en Uchiko, Japón, e…