Makoto Ōoka

Makoto Ooka (大岡 信 Ōoka Makoto, born February 16, 1931 in Mishima, Shizuoka)[1] is a Japanese poet and literary critic. He pioneered the collaborative poetic form renshi in the 1990s,[2][3] in which he has collaborated with such well-known literary figures as Charles Tomlinson, James Lasdun, Joseph Stanton and Mikiro Sasaki.[4]

Asahi Shimbun

Ooka'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.[5]

Awards[2]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ↑ Welcome to Japanese Poetry, Poetry International, 2006
  2. 1 2 Profile of Makoto Ooka
  3. 1 2 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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