Makoto Ōoka
Makoto Ōoka | |
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A view of Ooka Makoto Kotoba Museum | |
| Native name | 大岡 信 |
| Born | February 16, 1931 Mishima, Shizuoka |
| Died | April 5, 2017 (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) 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.