Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself: The Nobel Prize Speech and Other Lectures

Kenzaburo Oe

ISBN 10: 4770019807 / ISBN 13: 9784770019806

Published by Kodansha International (JPN) April 1995, 1995

Good. Author signed on inside page in English and Japanese. Seller Inventory # 18201

Synopsis:

In December 1994, on the acceptance of only the second Nobel Prize awarded to a Japanese writer, Kenzaburo Oe gave a speech that was a message for mankind: one that pledged his own faith in tolerance and human decency; in the renunciation of war; and in the healing power of art - the power to calm and purify.
Other key addresses he has given elsewhere join the Nobel lecture in this volume, giving a wider view of the work of a literary activist who sees himself as one of a dying breed in the intellectual life of his own country.

About the Author: Kenzaburo Oe was born in 1935 in a village in Shikoku, an island off the southwest coast of mainland Japan. After studying French literature at Tokyo University, he won his first literary award-the coveted Akutagawa Prize-for a short story, "The Catch." A writer committed to both literary and humanitarian causes, his output has included (in English) A Personal Matter, The Silent Cry, Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness, The Pinch Runner Memorandum, and Nip the Buds, Kill the Kids. These and other works of his have been widely translated, not only in Europe and Russia but in several Asian countries.

Oe, who won the Nobel Prize in 1994, lives in Tokyo with his wife and three children.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Japan, the Ambiguous, and Myself: The Nobel ...
Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN) April 1995
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Signed: Author
Edition: First Edition.