Novelist
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese novelist of A Personal Matter and The Silent Cry, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994, and a campaigner against nuclear weapons.
Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, social non-conformism, and existentialism. Ōe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".
- Born
- 1935-01-31, Uchiko, JapanA Thursday
- Died
- 2023-03-03, Tokyo, JapanA Friday, aged 88
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1935-01-31, Uchiko, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 10°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 21°11′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 28°29′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 27°46′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 20°36′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 21°07′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 28°16′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 27°45′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 14°03′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 24°38′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2023-03-03, Tokyo, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 12°15′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 23°56′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 0°17′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 13°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 19°57′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 12°20′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 29°28′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 15°35′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 24°37′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 29°32′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Kenzaburō Ōe was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
