Akutagawa Prize
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The Akutagawa Prize is a Japanese literary award presented semi-annually. Because of its prestige and the considerable attention the winner receives from the media, it is, along with the Naoki Prize,
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, author, after whom the prize is named
Kenzaburō Ōe
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Kenzaburō Ōe 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 theo
Ōe in 2012
Ōe at the Japanisches Kulturinstitut in Cologne on 11 April 2008
Book cover of the 1996 English version of Kenzaburō Ōe's book about his handicapped son and their life as a family.
Ōe at a 2013 antinuclear demonstration in Tokyo