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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 is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs