Kenzaburō Ōe ( Japanese大江 健 三郎Ōe Kenzaburō ), ( Ōse , January 31, 1935 ), writer and essayist , is one of the most significant representatives of contemporary Japanese literature. With a highly humanistic orientation and leftist views, čestoe will often deal with socio-political issues (especially those from Third World countries), nuclear weapons, sociological and philosophical issues, and the conflict between Eastern tradition and contemporary Western culture. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994.years. Although he is a highly influential political writer, nikadae has never joined any political party.