Makoto Ōoka
Japanese poet and literary critic
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Makoto Ōoka 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... Wikipedia
Born: February 16, 1931, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
Died: April 5, 2017 (age 86 years), Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
Children: Akira Ōoka and Aki Ōoka
Partner: Fukase Saki
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