Kenzaburo Oe

Kenzaburo Oe (?? ??? ?e Kenzabur?, born January 31, 1935) is a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994.

Works translated into English

• Lavish Are The Dead (?????, Shisha no ogori, 1957)
• Someone Else's Feet (????, Tanin no ashi, 1957)
• Prize Stock (Shiiku, 1957, also translated as The Catch)
• Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (???????, Memushiri k?chi, 1958)
• Seventeen (???????, Sevuntiin, 1961)
• A Personal Matter (??????, Kojinteki na taiken, 1964)
• Aghwee the Sky Monster (????????, Sora no kaibutsu Aguii, 1964)
• Hiroshima Notes (????????, Hiroshima n?to, 1965)
• The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away (1972)
• The Silent Cry (???????????, Man'en gan'nen no futtob?ru, 1967)
• Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness (????????????????, Warera no ky?ki wo ikinobiru michi wo oshieyo, 1969)
• The Pinch Runner Memorandum (?????????, Pinchi ran'naa ch?sho, 1976)
• Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! (??????????, Atarashii hito yo mezameyo, 1983)
• ed: The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath (1984)
• Japan's Dual Identity: A Writer's Dilemma (1988)
• An Echo of Heaven (Jinsei no shinseki, 1989)
• A Quiet Life (?????, Shizuka na seikatsu, 1990)
• Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself: The Nobel Prize Speech and Other Lectures (???????, Aimai na Nihon no watashi, 1995)
• A Healing Family (??????, Kaifukusuru kazoku, 1995)
• Somersault (???, Ch?gaeri, 1999)