In this Dec. 10, 1994, photo, Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe displays his medal and diploma after receiving the Nobel Prize for literature at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden. Japan's modern fiction has been defined mostly by long-established male writers such as past Nobel laureates Oe, that's changing with a wave of female writers from diverse backgrounds winning top prizes and increasingly being chosen for translation. (AP Photo/Tobbe Gustavsson)