Makoto Ōoka

Makoto Ōoka
A view of Ooka Makoto Kotoba MuseumA view of Ooka Makoto Kotoba Museum
Native name大岡 信
Born(1931-02-16)February 16, 1931
Mishima, Shizuoka
DiedApril 5, 2017(2017-04-05) (aged 86)
OccupationPoet and literary critic
NationalityJapanese
Literary movementRenshi
Notable worksThe Japanese and Mt. Fuji, Uta no saijiki, A Play of Mirrors: Eight Major Poets of Modern Japan
Notable awardsCultural Prize of the Municipality of Tokyo, Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Japan Academy of the Arts Prize for poetry and criticism

Makoto Ōoka (大岡 信, Ōoka Makoto, February 16, 1931, in Mishima, Shizuoka – April 5, 2017) was a Japanese poet and literary critic. He pioneered the collaborative poetic form renshi in the 1990s, in which he has collaborated with such well-known literary figures as Charles Tomlinson, James Lasdun, Joseph Stanton, Shuntarō Tanikawa and Mikirō Sasaki.

Asahi Shimbun

Ōoka's poetry column was published without a break seven days a week for more than 20 years on the front page of Asahi Shimbun, which is Japan's leading national newspaper.

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Notes

  1. ^ Welcome to Japanese Poetry, Poetry International, 2006 ()
  2. ^ a b Profile of Makoto Ooka Archived 2013-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Innovative Japan poet bags Japan Foundation prize
  4. ^ Tomlinson, Charles, Makoto Ooka, James Lasdun, Hiroshi Kawasaki and Mikiro Sasaki. An extract from Departing Swallows, in Journal of Renga & Renku, issue 2, 2012. p162
  5. ^ Honan, William H. "Why Millions in Japan Read All About Poetry", New York Times. March 6, 2000.

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