Ōe

¹

[oh-ey]

noun

1. Kenzaburo 1935–2023, Japanese novelist and short-story writer noted for works of sociopolitical significance: Nobel Prize in Literature 1994.

Oe

²

abbreviation

Electricity.

1. oersted; oersteds.

OE

³

Or O.E.

abbreviation

1. Old English.

2. Commerce.,  omissions excepted.

o.e.

⁴

Or oe

abbreviation

Commerce.

1. omissions excepted.

OE

¹

abbreviation

1. Old English (language)

Oë

²

/ ˈaʊi /

noun

1. Kenzaburo (kɛnzəˈbʊrəʊ). born 1935, Japanese novelist and writer; his books include The Catch (1958), A Personal Matter (1964), and Silent Cry (1989): Nobel prize for literature 1994

Oe

³

symbol

1. oersted

o.e.

⁴

abbreviation

1. omissions excepted

Example Sentences

Asian writers on the longlist include South Korean writer Han Kang, for her novel The Vegetarian; Kenzaburō Ōe for Death by Water, his 16th book translated to English; Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan for his novel Man Tiger; and Chinese author Yan Lianke for The Four Books, a title that took him 20 years to plan, two to write and which was rejected by 20 publishers for its political content before being banned in mainland China.

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