Minako Ōba


Minako Ōba was a Japanese author and social critic.
She was awarded the 1968 Akutagawa Prize for Sanbiki no kani, and the 1982 Tanizaki Prize for Katachi mo naku.
Ōba suffered a stroke in 1996 and died on May 24, 2007.

Selected works

  • Sanbiki no kani, 1968.
  • Funakuimushi, Tokyo : Kodansha, 1970.
  • Yūreitachi no fukkatsusai, 1970
  • Sabita kotoba, 1971.
  • Shishu sabita kotoba, 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.
  • Yamauba no Bisho , 1976.
  • 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, Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1982.
  • Shima no kuni no shima, Tokyo : Ushio Shuppansha, 1982.
  • Kakeru otoko no yokogao, Tokyo : Chūō Kōronsha, 1984.
  • Mae mae katatsumuri, Tokyo : Fukutake Shoten, 1984.
  • Naku tori no, Tokyo : Kodansha, 1985.
  • Onna otoko inochi, Tokyo : Yomiuri Shinbunsha, 1985.
  • Onna, Tokyo : Sakuhinsha, 1987.
  • Manʾyōshu, Tokyo : Kōdansha, 1989.
  • Kaoru ki no uta : haha to musume no ōfuku shokan, Tokyo : Chūō Kōronsha, 1992.
  • Nihyakunen, Tokyo : Kodansha, 1993.
  • Yuki, Tokyo : Fukutake Shoten, 1993.
  • Warabeuta mutan, Tokyo : Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1995.

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