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Makoto Ōoka

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Gender Male
Death7 years ago
Date of birth February 16,1931
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Mishima
Shizuoka
Japan
Date of died April 5,2017
DiedMishima
Shizuoka
Japan
BooksBeneath 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.
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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.

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