“However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to link it up with society, the state and the world.” WorldWritingHas BeensMatterStatesStylePleaseTransformationFundamentalsLinksPersonal Matter Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“I think, we can only write very personal matters through our experience. When I named my first novel about my son "A Personal Matter," I believe I knew the most important thing: there is not any personal matter; we must find the link between ourselves, our "personal matter," and society.” ThinkingWritingFirstsBelieveImportantMatterI BelieveNovelSonImportant ThingsMy SonLinksPersonal Matter Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“I think I am doing my works to link myself, my family, with society — with the cosmos. To link me with my family to the cosmos, that is easy, because all literature has some mystic tendency. So when we write about our family, we can link ourselves to the cosmos.” ThinkingWritingLiteratureEasyMy FamilyTendenciesOur FamilyCosmosLinksMystic Author:Kenzaburo Oe
