Background
Okamatsu was born in the city of Fukuoka in Kyushu, Japan.
岡松和夫
Okamatsu was born in the city of Fukuoka in Kyushu, Japan.
He graduated from the Department of French literature at the University of Tokyo, following which he decided to continue his studies in the field of philology and Japanese literature.
His literary career began in 1955, with his participation in a national writing contest, which resulted in the publication of Yuri no kioku ( 百合の記憶 ) under the pen name of Kazuo Aoki in the literary magazine Bungei. In 1964, he was invited by editor Tachihara Masaaki to join the literary cotiere Sai (犀), whose other members included Otohiko Kaga, Meisei Goto and Yuichi Takai. From 1966, he worked as a part-time professor of Japanese literature at Kanto Gakuin Women"s Junior College in Yokohama.
He was promoted to assistant professor in 1968 and full professor in 1973.
Okamatsu relocated to São Paulo in Brazil in 1980 for a number of years as a researcher In January 2012, Okamatsu died of pneumonia at the age of 80 years.
After his return to Japan, he was an active member of the Japanese branch of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association International.