Makoto Ōoka

Makoto Ōoka

A view of Ooka Makoto Kotoba Museum
Native name 大岡 信
Born (1931-02-16)February 16, 1931
Mishima, Shizuoka
Died April 5, 2017(2017-04-05) (aged 86)
Occupation Poet and literary critic
Nationality Japanese
Literary movement Renshi
Notable works The Japanese and Mt. Fuji, Uta no saijiki, A Play of Mirrors: Eight Major Poets of Modern Japan
Notable awards Cultural 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)[1] was 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, Shuntarō Tanikawa and Mikirō Sasaki.[4]

Ōoka died on April 5, 2017 at the age of 86.[5]

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.[6]

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. ↑ 大岡信さん死去、８６歳　詩人「折々のうた」 (in Japanese)
  6. ↑ Honan, William H. "Why Millions in Japan Read All About Poetry", New York Times. March 6, 2000.
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