Title: Japan, the ambiguous, and myself
First published: 1995
Description: In December 1994, on the acceptance of only the second Nobel Prize awarded to a Japanese writer, Kenzaburo Oe gave a speech that was a message for mankind: one that pledged his own faith in tolerance and human decency; in the renunciation of war; and in the healing power of art - the power to calm and purify.

Other key addresses he has given elsewhere join the Nobel lecture in this volume, giving a wider view of the work of a literary activist who sees himself as one of a dying breed in the intellectual life of his own country.
Subjects: Civilization, Humanism, Humanisme, Vie intellectuelle, Humanismo, Civilización, Civilisation
Places: Japan
People: Kenzaburō Ōe (1935-)
Time periods: 1945-
LC classification: PL858.E14 A6 1995