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Date of Birth
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31-January-1935
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Place of Birth
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Uchiko
(Japan, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku)
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Nationality
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Japan
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Also know as
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Kenzaburo Oe, Kenzaburô Oé, 大江 å¥ä¸‰éƒŽ, Kenzaburô Ôe
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Profession
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Essayist, Writer, Novelist
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KenzaburÅ ÅŒe is a Japanese author and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His works, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, social non-conformism and existentialism.
ÅŒe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994 for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".
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