Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe, Who Wrote of War and His Son, Dies at 88

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Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe, Who Wrote of War and His Son, Dies at 88 Ten years old when Japan was defeated in World War Two, Oe was scarred by his memories, which included being asked in school every day if he was willing to die for the Emperor and feeling shame when realising in bed at night that he wasn't.