Publisher says Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe, who was awarded literature Nobel for his darkly poetic fiction, died at 88

TOKYO (AP) — Publisher says Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe, who was awarded literature Nobel for his darkly poetic fiction, died at 88.

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