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
Yukio Mishima
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Kimitake Hiraoka, known by his pen name Yukio Mishima, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, short story writer, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated
Mishima in 1955
Mishima's self-portrait drawn in junior high school
Mishima at age 19, with his sister Mitsuko at age 16 (on 9 September 1944)
Mishima with his cat (Asahigraph, 12 May 1948 issue). He was known as a cat-lover. Yōko (his wife) was jealous of his pet cat, and disliked him petting it.