Minako Ōba (大庭 みな子, Ōba Minako, born November 11, 1930, death May 24, 2007) was a Japanese author and social critic.
She was awarded the 1968 Akutagawa Prize for Sanbiki no kani (Three Crabs), and the 1982 Tanizaki Prize for Katachi mo naku (寂兮寥兮).
Ōba suffered a stroke in 1996 and died on May 24, 2007.
Sanbiki no kani (Three Crabs), 1968.Funakuimushi (ふなくい虫), Tokyo : Kodansha, 1970.Yūreitachi no fukkatsusai, 1970Sabita kotoba, 1971.Shishu sabita kotoba (A Poetry Collection of Tarnished Words), 1971.Tsuga no yume, 1971.Uo no namida, 1971.Kokyū o hiku tori, 1972.Yasō no yume, 1973.Aoi kitsune, Tokyo : Kodansha, 1975.Garakuta hakubutsukan, 1975.Urashimasō, 1977.Aoi chiisana hanashi, 1978.Samete miru yume, 1978.Hāna to mushi no kioku, 1979.Onna no danseiron, 1979.Taidan sei to shite no onna, 1979.Tankō, 1979.Katachi mo naku (寂兮寥兮), Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1982.Shima no kuni no shima (島の国の島), Tokyo : Ushio Shuppansha, 1982.Kakeru otoko no yokogao (駈ける男の横顔), Tokyo : Chūō Kōronsha, 1984.Mae mae katatsumuri (舞へ舞へ蝸牛), Tokyo : Fukutake Shoten, 1984.Naku tori no (啼く鳥の), Tokyo : Kodansha, 1985.Onna otoko inochi (女・男・いのち), Tokyo : Yomiuri Shinbunsha, 1985.Onna (女), Tokyo : Sakuhinsha, 1987.Manʾyōshu (万葉集), Tokyo : Kōdansha, 1989.Kaoru ki no uta : haha to musume no ōfuku shokan (郁る樹の詩: 母と娘の往復書簡), Tokyo : Chūō Kōronsha, 1992.Nihyakunen (二百年), Tokyo : Kodansha, 1993.Yuki (雪), Tokyo : Fukutake Shoten, 1993.Warabeuta mutan (わらべ唄夢譚), Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1995.Tarnished Words: The Poetry of Oba Minako, translated by Janice Brown, EastBridge, Signature Books Series, 2005, ISBN 1-891936-38-7.Of Birds Crying, translated by Michiko N. Wilson and Michael K. Wilson. Cornell East Asia Series, 2011. ISBN 978-1-933947-30-3
