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Makoto Ōoka
Japanese poet.
Born February 16th, 1931 in Mishima.
Died April 5th, 2017 at 86 years old in Shizuoka (respiratory failure). [ref]
Occupations
literary critic, poet, university teacher, writer
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz