As I grew up, I was continually to suffer hardships in different realms of life - in my family, in my relationship to Japanese society and in my way of living at large in the latter half of the twentieth century. Kenzaburo Oe centurycontinuallyfamily share on social
After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution. Kenzaburo Oe articlecategoricalcentral Change image and share on social
From another point of view, a new situation now seems to be arising in which Japan's prosperity is going to be incorporated into the expanding potential power of both production and consumption in Asia at large. Kenzaburo Oe ariseasiaconsumption share on social
The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War. Kenzaburo Oe basischooseeternal Change image and share on social
However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world. Kenzaburo Oe fundamentallinkmatter Change image and share on social
I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large. Kenzaburo Oe consumercreateculture share on social