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Deep Dive from The Japan Times
The Death of Kenzaburo Oe
Earlier this week we learned of the death of another Japanese literary great that was Kenzaburo Oe at the age of 88. Are you aware of any links between these two writers? Yeah, actually they're not really directly connected that much. But Oe was a major figure in Japanese literature especially in relation to Jun Boomaku which is literally means pure literature. It's a designation for serious literary fiction in Japan.
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