I think the question for him is, how is a faithless person … - Kenzaburō Ōe

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I think the question for him is, how is a faithless person to cope with life. This is where he believes he can find something upon which to establish a literary career. You know, don’t you, how often he talks of Yeats? This goes way back, to when he was very young.

Kenzaburō Ōe

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Kenzaburō Ōe (大江健三郎, Ōe Kenzaburō; 31 January 1935 – 3 March 2023) was a Japanese author and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. In 1994 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Native Name: 大江健三郎

Alternative Names: Ōe Kenzaburō • Oe Kenzaburo • Kenzaburo Oe • Kenzaburou Oue

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