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WRITER

Kenzaburō Ōe

1935 - 2023

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Kenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎, Ōe Kenzaburō, 31 January 1935 – 3 March 2023) 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 weapons, nuclear power, social non-conformism, and existentialism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenzaburō Ōe has received more than 908,544 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenzaburō Ōe is the 372nd most popular writer (down from 347th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Japan (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Writer.

Kenzaburō ōe is most famous for his novel, "A Pale View of the Hills," which was published in 1964. The novel tells the story of a woman who has lost her son and is struggling to come to terms with his death.

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  • 68.42

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  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kenzaburō Ōe ranks 372 out of 5,755. Before him are Romain Gary, Margaret Atwood, Joseph Roth, Henry James, Arthur de Gobineau, and Ken Follett. After him are Théophile Gautier, Marguerite Yourcenar, Auguste Escoffier, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Ludovico Ariosto, and Erich von Däniken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Kenzaburō Ōe ranks 16. Before him are Hussein of Jordan, Donald Sutherland, Françoise Sagan, Luis Suárez, Julie Andrews, and Arvo Pärt. After him are Erich von Däniken, Michel Aoun, Theo Angelopoulos, Edward Said, Isao Takahata, and Ágota Kristóf. Among people deceased in 2023, Kenzaburō Ōe ranks 16. Before him are Luis Suárez, Jane Birkin, Toto Cutugno, Bobby Charlton, Louise Glück, and Just Fontaine. After him are Martti Ahtisaari, Fernando Botero, Giorgio Napolitano, Harald zur Hausen, Paco Rabanne, and Helmut Berger.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenzaburō Ōe ranks 40 out of 6,048. Before him are Sadako Sasaki (1943), Himiko (175), Emperor Kōmei (1831), Tadao Ando (1941), Morihei Ueshiba (1883), and Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894). After him are Emperor Ninkō (1800), Hiroshige (1797), Takeshi Kitano (1947), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), Saigō Takamori (1828), and Itō Hirobumi (1841).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Kenzaburō Ōe ranks 9. Before him are Matsuo Bashō (1644), Haruki Murakami (1949), Murasaki Shikibu (973), Osamu Dazai (1909), Yasunari Kawabata (1899), and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892). After him are Sei Shōnagon (966), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Masaru Emoto (1943), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), and Kōbō Abe (1924).

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