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, 1970Sabita 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.

English translations

Tarnished Words: The Poetry of Oba Minako, translated by Janice Brown. EastBridge, Signature Books Series, 2005..Of Birds Crying, translated by Michiko N. Wilson and Michael K. Wilson. Cornell East Asia Series, 2011.