Akira Ōoka

Akira Ōoka (大岡玲), born October 16, 1958, in Mitaka, Tokyo, is a Japanese novelist, essayist, translator, and professor who won the prestigious Mishima Yukio Prize in 1989 for Twilight Storm Seeding (黄昏のストーム・シーディング) and became the first author to also receive the Akutagawa Prize in 1990 for Surface Life (表層生活, Hyōsō Seikatsu). Son of poet Makoto Ōoka, he debuted in 1987 and has authored notable works like Hi-no-maru and essays on gourmet topics, while teaching at Tokyo Keizai University. Akutagawa Prize (English), Prizesworld