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Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)

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Kenzaburō Ōe

Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)

Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues, including nuclear…
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Nobel Prize in Literature

Prize established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature, is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most…
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January 31

Day of the year

January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 334 days remain until the end of the year.
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