Minako Ōba
Minako Ōba (1930–2007) was a Japanese translator, novelist and writer.
Also recorded as Minako Shiina
Minako Ōba
- Full name
- 椎名美奈子.
- Born
- 1930 · Tokyo Prefecture.
- Died
- 2007 · Urayasu.
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- translator · novelist · writer · poet · literary critic
- Fields
- poetry
- Education
- Tsuda University
- Honours
- Akutagawa Prize · Gunzou Prize for New Writers · Women's Literature Prize · Tanizaki Prize · Kawabata award · Yomiuri Prize
- Languages
- Japanese
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Biography
Recorded at birth as 椎名美奈子. Born at Tokyo Prefecture in 1930, died in Urayasu in 2007.
Minako Ōba studied at Tsuda University. The recorded working language is Japanese. The field of work recorded is poetry. Distinctions recorded are Akutagawa Prize, Gunzou Prize for New Writers, Women's Literature Prize and Tanizaki Prize.
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Tokyo Prefecture.
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Urayasu.
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- “Minako Ōba”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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