Minako Oba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Minako Oba

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1930

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 24-May-2007

Profession: writer, poet, translator, literary critic, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Minako Oba (?? ???, Oba 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 (????). Oba suffered a stroke in 1996 and died on May 24, 2007.