Makoto Ōoka
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 8 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 16,1931 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Mishima |
| Shizuoka | |
| Japan | |
| Date of died | April 5,2017 |
| Died | Mishima |
| Shizuoka | |
| Japan | |
| Books | Beneath the sleepless tossing of the planets |
| What the Kite Thinks: A Linked Poem | |
| A poet's anthology | |
| Elegy and Benediction: Selected Poems, 1947-1989 | |
| Children | Aki Ōoka |
| Akira Ōoka | |
| Job | Poet |
| Movies/Shows | Asaki yumemishi |
| La Vie d'une courtisane | |
| Awards | Asahi Prize |
| Japan Academy Prize | |
| Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary Poetry | |
| Kikuchi Kan Prize | |
| Person of Cultural Merit | |
| Golden Wreath | |
| Current partner | Saki Fukase |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1609364 |
Makoto Ōoka Life story
Makoto Ōoka 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.