Hideo Oguma
9 September 1901 – 20 November 1940 was a Japanese poet for the Proletarian literature movement and was noted for writing children's stories, comic books and literary criticism. A Hideo Oguma poetry prize is awarded for new poetry writers.
Hideo Oguma

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- Born
- 9 September 1901
- Died
- 20 November 1940
- Movement
- Proletarian literature
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- poet · novelist
- Languages
- Japanese
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9 September 1901 – 20 November 1940 was a Japanese poet for the Proletarian literature movement and was noted for writing children's stories, comic books and literary criticism. A Hideo Oguma poetry prize is awarded for new poetry writers.
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Hideo Oguma (1901–1940) was a Japanese novelist and poet. Born in Otaru, the novelist died in Toshima. Languages used include Japanese.
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• Born — 9 September 1901 • Died — 20 November 1940 • Movement — Proletarian literature • Illustration — Oguma poem in Tokiwa Park in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō
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• Illustration — Self-Portrait (1938) • Illustration — Rikkyō University in the Setting Sun (1935) • Illustration — An Image to Shining Flight (unknown date) • Illustration — Starvation (unknown date) • Illustration — A Cat (unknown date) • Illustration — Flowers of Lilies (unknown date) • Illustration — Figures (unknown date)
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• Illustration — A Spoilsman (unknown date) • Illustration — The Freight House in Ikebukuro Station (unknown date)
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- 1.Oguma, Hideo. Long, long autumn nights: selected poems of Oguma Hideo, 1901–1940. Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan. 1989. 978-0-939512-39-3.
- 2.Miller, John Scott. Historical dictionary of modern Japanese literature and theater. Scarecrow Press. 94. 2009. 978-0-8108-5810-7.
- 3.Jeffrey Angles. ::Full Tilt::. Fulltilt.ncu.edu.tw.
- 4.Sato, Hiroaki. Japanese women poets: an anthology. M.E. Sharpe. 435. 2008. 978-0-7656-1784-2.
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