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Title: Kenzaburo Oé: la mirada de un niño triste.(autor)
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Title: Oe Kenzaburo: an introductory note.(Brief Article)
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Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
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Publisher: University of Oklahoma
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Title: Kenzaburo Oe and his son Hikari: a story of creative rebellion.
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Title: "And a little child shall lead them." The Agency of the Innocent in an Early Story by Oe Kenzaburo.(Critical Essay)
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Date: March 22, 2002
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Title: Kenzaburo Oé y el humanismo. (escritor japonés ganador de premio Nobel visita Madrid, España)(TT: Kenzaburo Oé and humanism) (TA: Japanese Nobel prize winning writer visits Madrid, Spain)
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