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Name
  
Makoto Ooka

Education
  
University of Tokyo

Role
  
Poet

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Books
  
Poetry and Poetics of Ancient Japan, What the Kite Thinks: A Linked Poem

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Makoto Ooka (大岡 信, Ōoka Makoto, born February 16, 1931 in Mishima, Shizuoka) is 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 and Mikiro Sasaki.

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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.

Awards

  • 1993: Cultural Prize of the Municipality of Tokyo
  • 1993: Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France)
  • 1995: Japan Academy of the Arts Prize for poetry and criticism
  • 1996: Asahi Prize
  • 1996: Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings, Macedonia
  • 1997: Cultural Merit Award
  • 2002: Japan Foundation Award
  • References

    Makoto Ōoka Wikipedia