Kenzaburō Ōe

Japanese writer and nobel laureate.

Born January 31st, 1935 in Ōse.

Died March 3rd, 2023 at 88 years old (senility). [ref]

Occupations
essayist, novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, university teacher, writer

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde