Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Nobel laureate in literature, dies at 88

the japanese novelist Nobel Prize of Literature Kenzaburo Oea progressive icon who defied the conformism of modern society, has died at the age of 88, an editorial reported on Monday Kodansha.

“He died of old age in the early hours of March 3”the publisher said in a statement. He said his family had already arranged the funeral.

Known for his pacifist and anti-nuclear positionOe was part of a generation of writers “deeply wounded” by the Second World War, “but full of hope for a renewal”.

Born in 1935, Oe grew up in a forested valley on the island of Shikoku in western Japan, a remote place he often referred to in his writings as a microcosm of humanity.

(With information from AFP)

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