Kenzaburo Oe (大江 å?¥ä¸‰éƒŽ ÅŒe KenzaburÅ?, natural January 31, 1935) is a major figure within contemporary Japanese literature. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994.

Innate inside Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, he moved to Tokyo at age eighteen to learn French literature at the University of Tokyo and began writing while however the student around 1957, strongly influenced by contemporary writing inside France & a United States.

Oe, whose boy Hikari is mentally disabled, often produces deeply private, semi-autobiographical function; for instance, 1964's The Household Matter (個人的�体験, Kojinteki na taiken) is the story of the human world health organization must are to terms by using his boy's mental disablement.

Works translated into English
Shower Come A Dead (死者ã?®å¥¢ã‚Š, Shisha there is no ogori, 1957) ''Someone Else's Feet (他人ã?®è¶³, Tanin there is no ashi, 1957) Prize Stock (Shiiku, 1957, also translated when A Catch) Nip a Buds, Shoot a Children (芽むã?—り仔撃ã?¡, Memushiri kÅ?chi, 1958) Seventeen (セヴンティーン, Sevuntiin, 1961) A Personal Matter (個人的ã?ªä½“験, Kojinteki na taiken, 1964) Aghwee the Sky Monster (空ã?®æ€ªç‰©ã‚¢ã‚°ã‚¤ãƒ¼, Sora no kaibutsu Aguii, 1964) Hiroshima Notes (ヒロシマ・ノート, Hiroshima nÅ?to, 1965) A Day He Himself Shall Wipe The Tear off (1972) The Silent Cry (万延元年ã?®ãƒ•ãƒƒãƒˆãƒœãƒ¼ãƒ«, Man'nut gan'nen there are no futtobÅ?ru, 1967) Teach United states of america to Outgrow My Madness (我らã?®ç‹‚気を生ã??延ã?³ã‚‹é?“ã‚’æ•™ã?ˆã‚ˆ, Warera there are no kyÅ?ki wo ikinobiru michi wo oshieyo, 1969) The Pinch Runner Memorandum (ピンãƒ?ランナー調書, Pinchi ran'naa chÅ?sho, 1976) Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! (æ–°ã?—ã?„人よã€?眼ã?–ã‚?よ, Atarashii hito yo mezameyo, 1983) ed: A Crazy Iris & More Stories of the Atomic Aftermath (1984) Japan's Dual Identity: The Writer's Quandary (1988) An Echo of Heaven (Jinsei there is no shinseki, 1989) A Quiet Life (é?™ã?‹ã?ªç”Ÿæ´», Shizuka na seikatsu, 1990) Japan, a Ambiguous, & Myself: A Nobel Prize Speech & More Lectures (曖昧ã?ªæ—¥æœ¬ã?®ç§?, Aimai na Nihon there are no watashi, 1995) The Healing Personal (廻復ã?™ã‚‹å®¶æ—?, Kaifukusuru kazoku, 1995) Somersault (宙返り, ChÅ«gaeri, 1999)

Works not translated into English

M/T and the narrative about the marvels of the forest'' (M/T�森�フシギ�物語, 1986)