Minako Oba
was a Japanese author and social critic.She was awarded the 1968 Akutagawa Prize for ''Sanbiki no kani'' (Three Crabs), and the 1982 Tanizaki Prize for ''Katachi mo naku'' (寂兮寥兮).
Ōba suffered a stroke in 1996 and died on May 24, 2007. Provided by Wikipedia