Japanese Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe, a writer who was renowned for a strong pacifist stance that weaved its way into much of his work, has died of “old age”. He was 88.
Japanese Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe, a writer who was renowned for a strong pacifist stance that weaved its way into much of his work, has died of “old age”, his publisher confirmed Monday. The publisher, Kodansha, said the 88-year-old had passed away ten days earlier on March 3. The Nobel Prize website described Kenzaburo Oe as someone “who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today”.
“I’m afraid that Japan’s spirit is approaching its most dangerous stage in the past 100 years,” he added. Abe, who was assassinated last year, had long argued Japan needed a more assertive approach to defense, especially given China’s historic rise in recent decades. Oe’s other inspiration was his brain-damaged son, Hikari, who was unable to communicate for years as a child.
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