Makoto Ōoka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Makoto Ōoka

Japanese poet

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1931

Place of Birth: Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 05-Apr-2017

Profession: writer, poet, university teacher, literary critic

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Makoto Ooka (?? ?, Ooka 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, Shuntaro Tanikawa and Mikiro Sasaki.