Paris Review - Kenzaburo Oe, The Art of Fiction No. 195
Kenzaburo Oe in 2002. Kenzaburo Oe has devoted his life to taking certain subjects seriously—victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the struggles of the people of Okinawa, the challenges of the disabled, the discipline of the scholarly life—while not appearing to take himse...
Interviewed by Sarah Fay Issue 183, Winter 2007 Kenzaburo Oe in 2002. Kenzaburo Oe has devoted his life to taking certain subjects seriously-victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the struggles of the people of Okinawa, the challenges of the disabled, the discipline of the scholarly life-while not appearing to take himself seriously at all. Although he is known in Japan as much for being a gadfly activist as for being one of the country's most celebrated writers, in person Oe is more of a delightful wag. Unfailingly modest and lighthearted, he dresses in sport shirts, fidgets a great deal
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