Our Proudest Accomplishments Are Often the Quiet Ones
“…I kept trying to run away. And I almost did. But it seems that reality compels you to live properly when you live in the real world.” ~Kenzaburō Ōe, A Personal Matter
Recently I listened to an interview with author Kenzaburō Ōe, who won the 1994 Nobel Prize for literature. Ōe, who is now eighty-one, is a major figure in Japanese contemporary literature as well as playing an active role in the Pacifist and anti-nuclear movements.
When asked what accomplishment he was most proud of over his long and distinguished career, he answered, without hesitation, that for the past forty …