Oe's English is fairly good for a Japanese man who were born before WW2. You know he's quite an intelligent figure when you read his writings and he must have read tons of books in English and French along with his mother tongue (btw his major was French Literature).
When I was taking East Asian studies it was harder to get access to videos like this. There was the library but it’s pretty cool you can view this on your phone. I just remember reading his book when I was in college in nyc and would’ve appreciated seeing this footage. Young people studying Japanese in america have it so much easier ...
this was almost too short, i enjoyed it that much!! many thank yous to the interviewer who asked Ōe for advice to give young students from the next generations, i really needed to hear that
Thanks a million for this interview. I've just finished reading Oe's A Personal Matter. It is one of most depressing and disturbing books I've ever read. I was thinking it was yet another video of a typical man escaping his responsibilities/own reality. But the book's connection to Oe's life explains so much and already began to change my views on the book. Not sure if I will (or should I say 'can') read another book by him. But thanks to this video, I'll give him a more accurate credit than I would have done otherwise.
Guys, let's be honest. If you met him without having knowledge that he's a world class literatus, you'd probably think Mr Lee, a laundry owner comes around to collect coins, right? English is the key in America for someone to have his intelligence properly evaluated among ordinary people. In Europe, more people would try to understand Oe despite the language barrier because Europeans are relatively more intelligent than US citizens.
Per me l'emblema della nostalgia è rappresentato dalla spiaggia dei Cook , dove Patrizio e Brigida sostano a chiacchierare in un'atmosfera familiare, e Brigida dice a Patrizio di lavarsi le mani e il viso per rinfrescarsi dalla dura esperienza di Tir Na Og. L'eroe del mio libro [Gli anni della nostalgia] vuole combattere il potere malvagio nel Giappone moderno e cerca la parola che possa distanziare di poco il male. Nel Irlanda di Patrizio questa parola è amore, ma per me e per la mia famiglia e per il Giappone il Paradiso è che si può fare dare forma, solo l'uno per cento dei giapponesi è cattolico, così mi piacerebbe andare a Dublino, e riposarmi sulla sua università della dura fatica Dell' ufficio aziendale. [1]
I've come back to this video for several years now. Rest in peace Mr. Oe and thanks for your brilliant humanitu 🙏🏻💙
He is a great writer. His language is pure poetry.
Oe's English is fairly good for a Japanese man who were born before WW2.
You know he's quite an intelligent figure when you read his writings and he must have read tons of books in English and French along with his mother tongue (btw his major was French Literature).
What a brave and beautiful human being!
El amor lo puede todo, sin ausencia de sufrimiento. Como usted dice hay que ser un guerrero pero se descubre.
Great interview. Thank you very much. We need this theme to hear, to see, to experience in our life.
When I was taking East Asian studies it was harder to get access to videos like this. There was the library but it’s pretty cool you can view this on your phone. I just remember reading his book when I was in college in nyc and would’ve appreciated seeing this footage. Young people studying Japanese in america have it so much easier ...
this was almost too short, i enjoyed it that much!! many thank yous to the interviewer who asked Ōe for advice to give young students from the next generations, i really needed to hear that
Thanks a million for this interview. I've just finished reading Oe's A Personal Matter. It is one of most depressing and disturbing books I've ever read. I was thinking it was yet another video of a typical man escaping his responsibilities/own reality. But the book's connection to Oe's life explains so much and already began to change my views on the book. Not sure if I will (or should I say 'can') read another book by him. But thanks to this video, I'll give him a more accurate credit than I would have done otherwise.
Hi, Hopefully I just read too the Book of Kenzaburo Oe mostly A personal matter.
三島由紀夫が英語で話してる動画見た後にこの動画見るとほんと安心する
I was surprised at how well Oe expresses himself in english. Wow.
i admire him.
Thanks in advance for this. Should be brillant!
For me his vision gives a most powerfull stimulans for life as it is
Lovely... ♥️
amazing
His english is so cute❤️
At 00:28 it reads: "Recorded April 16, 1999".
KENZABURO OE SERA RECORDADO POR SU GRAN NOVELA SALTO MORTAL
nice vision of life
Does anybody know the music at the beginning of this video?
awesome books
Can someone write the script of what he is talking. Is there such technology.
The maestro himself
Guys, let's be honest. If you met him without having knowledge that he's a world class literatus, you'd probably think Mr Lee, a laundry owner comes around to collect coins, right? English is the key in America for someone to have his intelligence properly evaluated among ordinary people. In Europe, more people would try to understand Oe despite the language barrier because Europeans are relatively more intelligent than US citizens.
Per me l'emblema della nostalgia è rappresentato dalla spiaggia dei Cook , dove Patrizio e Brigida sostano a chiacchierare in un'atmosfera familiare, e Brigida dice a Patrizio di lavarsi le mani e il viso per rinfrescarsi dalla dura esperienza di Tir Na Og. L'eroe del mio libro [Gli anni della nostalgia] vuole combattere il potere malvagio nel Giappone moderno e cerca la parola che possa distanziare di poco il male. Nel Irlanda di Patrizio questa parola è amore, ma per me e per la mia famiglia e per il Giappone il Paradiso è che si può fare dare forma, solo l'uno per cento dei giapponesi è cattolico, così mi piacerebbe andare a Dublino, e riposarmi sulla sua università della dura fatica Dell' ufficio aziendale. [1]
I love his accent :D "Japam" lol
Bien españo
En español por favor
@Kats333999 very intresting comment... thanks!!..........
Actually, I'm down with Oe.
WOW MR. Oe . Is it Fascist to suggest that the new man is the good man?