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a photo of Oe, by Hipschaefer |
Kenzaburo Oe 1935-
His first stories were published in 1957, and since then he has built a varied and ambitious oeuvre, dealing with a range of interesting themes: disability, sex, Japan and the West, radical outsiders, religion and cults, and more. He was awarded the Nobel in 1994, which seemed to give him pause, but he did resume writing a little while later.