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Kenzaburō Ōe: a writer of real humanity and the real Japan

By Filippo Cervelli, Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature, SOAS, University of London

The death at 88 of Japanese writer and Nobel prize winner Kenzaburō Ōe on March 3 leaves a deep wound in his readers. But also in the Japanese community, which has lost one of its most powerful voices and critics.

Ōe was a literary giant. In Japan open political discussion and participation is discouraged and the media is often influenced…

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