Kenzaburō Ōe (1935–2023)

Author of A Personal Matter

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About the Author

Kenzaburo Oe was born on January 31, 1935. He was born in a small village on the island of Shikoku, Japan. A winner of numerous Japanese literary prizes, Oe came to manhood during World War II and the occupation. At Tokyo University, Oe studied Jean-Paul Sartre and absorbed many popular leftist show more ideas. These influences appear in his early writings, which often deal with contemporary issues. With the birth of his deformed son, father and son became the new focus of his work. In his two books, A Personal Matter (1964) and A Healing Family (1996), Oe describes the pain involved with accepting his brain-damaged son and the small victories involved their lives as his son progressed. In 1994, Oe won the Nobel Prize for Literature. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Kenzaburō Ōe

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A Personal Matter (1964) 1,818 copies

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (1958) 943 copies

The Silent Cry (1974) 926 copies

Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels (1969) 592 copies

A Quiet Life (1990) 314 copies

Somersault (2003) 276 copies

Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! (1983) 276 copies

The Changeling (2000) 275 copies

Hiroshima Notes (1965) 196 copies

The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath (1984) — Editor — 170 copies

Death by Water (2009) 147 copies

Seventeen and J: Two Novels (1961) 144 copies

De hoogmoedige doden (1970) 116 copies

The Catch: and other War Stories (1957) 114 copies

An Echo of Heaven (1989) 96 copies

M/T och berättelsen om skogens under (1986) 79 copies

A Personal Matter / The Silent Cry / Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness (1995) 76 copies

A Healing Family (1995) 63 copies

The Pinch Runner Memorandum (1994) 61 copies

The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away (1972) — Author — 57 copies

Gibiers d'élevage (2002) 55 copies

Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself: The Nobel Prize Speech and Other Lectures (1995) 52 copies

Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness; Aghwee the Sky Monster {novellas} (1995) 42 copies

Gli anni della nostalgia (1987) 28 copies

Det visa regnträdet (1989) 28 copies

Adieu, mon livre ! (2005) 18 copies

Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness [story] (1977) 18 copies

La vergine eterna (2011) 16 copies

Therapiestation: Roman aus der nahen Zukunft (1995) 15 copies

Seventeen (2011) 12 copies

Just Yesterday, Fifty Years Ago: A critical dialogue on the anniversary of the end of the Second World War (1995) 9 copies

「救い主」が殴られるまで (1998) 9 copies

Great Day (1995) 9 copies

Schreeuwen in de nacht (1962) 8 copies

Japans verhaal elf moderne Japanse verhalen (1983) — Contributor — 8 copies

Fire From The Ashes (2007) 8 copies

Il figlio dell'imperatore (1961) 7 copies

The 200 Year Old Child (2003) 7 copies

Grand Street 55: Egos (Winter 1996) (1996) 6 copies

Morte na água (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 6 copies

OE par lui-même : Entretiens avec Ozaki Mariko (2014) 6 copies

性的人間 (新潮文庫) (1968) 5 copies

「雨の木 (レイン・ツリー) 」を聴く女たち (1986) 5 copies

Notes d'Okinawa (1970) 5 copies

われらの時代 (1963) 5 copies

14 Contos de Kenzaburo Oe (Colecao: Premio Nobel) (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2011) 5 copies

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Der schwarze Ast: Zweiter Band der Trilogie 'Grüner Baum in Flammen' (2002) 4 copies

揺れ動く「ヴァシレーション」 (1993) 4 copies

האילוף : סיפורים (2000) 4 copies

Mladík, který se opozdil (1962) 4 copies

Seventeen & Homo sexualis roman & novelle (2021) 4 copies

Aghwee the Sky Monster (1977) 3 copies

Und plötzlich stumm (1994) 3 copies

宙返り上 (1999) 3 copies

Un amor especial (2012) 3 copies

揺れ動く (1998) 3 copies

¡Despertad, oh jóvenes de la nueva era! (2013) 3 copies

A Quiet Life 2 copies

鎖国してはならない (2001) 2 copies

Избранные произведения : Пер. с яп (1999) 2 copies

Prize Stock 2 copies

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叫び声 (講談社文芸文庫) (1990) 2 copies

Youth Came Late [Japanese Edition] (1980) 2 copies

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新しい文学のために (岩波新書) (1988) 2 copies

Œuvres (2016) 2 copies

Okinawa Nōto (1970) 2 copies

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JEDNOSTAVAN ZIVOT (2008) 2 copies

「自分の木」の下で (2001) 2 copies

恢復する家族 (1995) 2 copies

厳粛な綱渡り下 2 copies

宙返り下 (1999) 2 copies

Sessiz çığlık (1995) 2 copies

Drahtseilakte - Der junge Kenzaburō Ōe (2015) 2 copies

A Substituição ou As Regras do Tagame 2 copies

Morte Pela Água (2017) 2 copies

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ピンチランナー調書（新潮文庫） 1 copy

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Okurete kita seinen (遅れてきた青年) 1 copy

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洪水はわが魂に及び（下）（新潮文庫） 1 copy

死者の奢り・飼育 1 copy

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On Politics and Literature: Two Lectures By Kenzaburo Oe (1999) 1 copy

Abandoned Children of This Planet (in Telling Tales - GORDIMER) 1 copy

Nihon no "watakushi" kara no tegami (Iwanami shinsho. Shin akaban) (Japanese Edition) (1996) 1 copy

Man‘en gannen no futtobóru (万延元年のフットボール) 1 copy

A Certain People [In Japanese Language] (1989) 1 copy

Miru mae ni tobe (見る前に跳べ) 1 copy

Ooka Shohei no sekai (1989) 1 copy

L’animale d’allevamento, Aghwee il mostro celeste, Insegnaci a superare la nostra pazzia, Il grido silenzioso (1999) 1 copy

Nostalgies et autres labyrinthes (2005) 1 copy

人生の習慣(ハビット) (1992) 1 copy

大江健三郎作家自身を語る (2007) 1 copy

見るまえに跳べ (新潮文庫) (1974) 1 copy

The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe (1994-11-02) 1 copy

Sessiz Çığlık 1 copy

日常生活の冒険 (新潮文庫) (1971) 1 copy

La profondità dell'acqua (2018) 1 copy

Captura, La 1 copy

Ikani ki o korosu ka (Japanese Edition) (1984) 1 copy

Un curieux travail 1 copy

Quiet life (Kodansha literary Novel) (1995) ISBN: 4061963430 [Japanese Import] (1995) 1 copy

Der weise Regenbaum . Der Sündenbock : Kurzprosa 1 copy

Notes d'Okinawa (GRAND FORMAT) (2019) 1 copy

「話して考える」と「書いて考える」 ["Hanashite Kangaeru" To "Kaite Kangaeru"] 1 copy

万延元年のフットボール (1967) 1 copy

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Óe Kenzaburó Dójidai ronshú 2 Hiroshima no hikari (大江健三郎同時代論集　２　ヒロシマの光) 1 copy

Óe Kenzaburó Dójidai ronshú 9 Kotoba tp jókyó (大江健三郎同時代論集　９　言葉と状況) 1 copy

Óe Kenzaburó Dójidai ronshú 8 Mirai no bungakusha (大江健三郎同時代論集　８　未来の文学者) 1 copy

Óe Kenzaburó Dójidai ronshú 7 Kaku kói (大江健三郎同時代論集　７　書く行為) 1 copy

Óe Kenzaburó Dójidai ronshú 6 Sengo bungakusha (大江健三郎同時代論集　６　戦後文学者) 1 copy

Óe Kenzaburó Dójidai ronshú 5 Yomu kói (大江健三郎同時代論集　５　読む行為) 1 copy

Óe Kenzaburó Dójidai ronshú 4 Okinawa keiken (大江健三郎同時代論集　４　沖縄経験) 1 copy

Óe Kenzaburó Dójidai ronshú 3 Sózóryoku to jókyó (大江健三郎同時代論集　３　想像力と状況) 1 copy

Óe Kenzaburó Dójidai ronshú 1 Shuppatsu ten (大江健三郎同時代論集　１　出発点) 1 copy

Una famiglia 1 copy

The Catch; Seventeen; Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness {novellas} (1998) 1 copy

讀書人 : 讀書講義 (2000) 1 copy

'Les mots restent gravés à jamais' in Le Monde, 25 nov 2005 1 copy

Muerte por agua 1 copy

El grito silencioso (2012) 1 copy

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ゆるやかな絆 = Yuruyaka na Kizuna 1 copy

Suishi Drowning (Japanese Edition) (2009) 1 copy

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Telling Tales (2004) — Contributor — 341 copies

The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories (1997) — Contributor — 225 copies

Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic (1990) — Contributor — 152 copies

The Mark Twain Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Work (2010) — Contributor — 138 copies

Granta 107: Summer Reading (2009) — Contributor — 99 copies

Nobel Lectures: From the Literature Laureates, 1986 to 2006 (2006) — Contributor — 72 copies

ME (2017) — Afterword, some editions — 45 copies

New Writing in Japan (1972) — Contributor — 22 copies

Nobel Writers on Writing (2000) — Contributor — 14 copies

De Japanse herfst : moderne Japanse verhalen (1989) — Author — 11 copies

Grand Street 63: Crossing the Line (Winter 1998) (1900) — Contributor — 7 copies

Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Contributor — 2 copies

Cień Wschodzącego Słońca — Contributor, some editions — 2 copies

すばる 2008年 02月号 [雑誌] — Contributor — 1 copy

群像 2012年 03月号 [雑誌] (2012) — Contributor — 1 copy

Neue Rundschau 1/80 — Author — 1 copy

Surviving visions : the art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki : an exhibition at the Massachusetts College of Art, March… — Contributor — 1 copy

音,沈黙と測りあえるほどに (1971) — Foreword, some editions — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Ōe, Kenzaburō
Legal name: Ōe, Kenzaburō
大江健三郎
Birthdate: 1935-01-31
Date of death: 2023-03-03
Gender: male
Nationality: Japan
Birthplace: Ehime prefecture, Shikoku, Japan
Cause of death: natural causes
Places of residence: Ehime prefecture, Shikoku, Japan (birth)
Education: Tokyo University (French literature)
Occupations: novelist
short-story writer
Relationships: Oë, Yukari (echtg.)
Organizations: American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1997)
Awards and honors: Nobel Prize (Literature, 1994)
Akutagawa Prize (1958)
Shinchosha Literary Prize (1965)
Tanizaki Prize (1967)
Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2005)
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Somersault (OE, Kenzaburo) by Kenzaburo Oe

I really liked A Personal Matter, but I couldn't read more than about 20 pages of this.

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lschiff | 6 other reviews | Sep 24, 2023 |

Salto mortal by Kenzaburo Oé

Un profesor divorciado de mediana edad regresa a Tokio tras pasar quince años impartiendo clases en una universidad americana, para ser sometido a una arriesgada operación. El recuerdo de un antiguo alumno le obsesiona y decide dar con él. Cuál será su sorpresa al encontrar al niño convertido en un muchacho que trabaja para la facción radical de una secta religiosa, un peligroso movimiento que predica el fin inminente de la humanidad.

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AmicanaLibrary | 6 other reviews | Sep 11, 2023 |

A personal matter by Kenzaburō Ōe

No review - read too long ago to recall.

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mykl-s | 35 other reviews | Aug 12, 2023 |

Hiroshima Notes by Kenzaburo Oe

This is series of essays written over a couple of years in the mid 60s when the author made a series of visits to Hiroshima. Its pretty niche, it covers some conferences and splits in the anti nuclear movement in Japan. It's also a little repetitive as the essays cover some of the same ground.

So I'm not sure it entirely works as book. But on the other hand there is some really interesting insight into victims/survivors of the bomb and the medical research being done at that time, and some of the leading figures in Hiroshima in the aftermath of the bomb.… (more)

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AlisonSakai | Jul 3, 2023 |

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