Kenzaburo Oe receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the award ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1994.

Nobel Foundation. Photo: Lars Åström

1994 laureates on stage at the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1994. From left: physic laureates Bertram N. Brockhouse and Clifford G. Shull, chemistry laureate George A. Olah, medicine laureates Alfred G. Gilman and Martin Rodbell, literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe and economic sciences laureates John C. Harsanyi, John F. Nash Jr. and Reinhard Selten.

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Kenzaburo Oe showing his Nobel Prize medal and diploma after the award ceremony on 10 December 1994.

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Princess Christina of Sweden shares a light moment with Kenzaburo Oe (right), and Reinhard Selten, Laureate in Economic Sciences, at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December 1994. Copyright © Svensk Reportagetjänst 1994
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Kenzaburo Oe delivering his speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1994.

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Kenzaburo Oe delivering his Nobel Prize lecture at the Swedish Academy on 7 December 1994.

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Kenzaburo Oe photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1994.

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1994 laureates assembled at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm in December 1994. Back row: Medicine laureates Martin Rodbell and Alfred G. Gilman, economic sciences laureate John F. Nash Jr., chemistry laureate George A. Olah, economic sciences laureate Reinhard Selten and physic laureate Clifford G. Shull. Front row: Physic laureate Bertram N. Brockhouse, literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe and economic sciences laureate John C. Harsanyi.

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Kenzaburo Oe visits the Nobel Foundation, December 1994.

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Kenzaburo Oe during a visit to the Nobel Foundation, December 1994. To the left, Michael Sohlman, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation.

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Kenzaburo Oe, 2004.