Tadaaki Mori - Japanese Literary Awards

プロフィール

性別: 男性
生誕: 1948-05-11 （Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan）
国籍: Japan
言語: Japanese
居住地歴: Tachikawa, Tokyo (birthplace) → Akiruno, Tokyo (resident)

経歴

職業: poet, children's author, scriptwriter, lyricist
活動期間: 1965年〜
影響を受けた人物: Shūji Terayama, Makoto Oishi
影響を与えた人物: Hideki Sonoda, Keiko Nagahara

学歴

学校	学部	学科	学位	期間	国
Daito Bunka University	Department of Japanese Literature	Department of Japanese Literature	—	在学中中退〜1968年	Japan

Daito Bunka University

Department of Japanese Literature / Department of Japanese Literature

期間: 在学中中退〜1968年

国: Japan

Dropped out while enrolled (left around 1968)

受賞歴

年	賞名	対象作品	部門	主催	結果
1973	NHK Prize (children's theatre script)	Bobby, Run My Heart	—	NHK	winner
1987	Nankichi Niimi Children's Literature Award	Enjoy the Wild Strawberry	—	Nankichi Niimi Award Committee	winner
1991	Noma Children's Literature Prize	To Horn Cape	—	Noma Children's Literature Award Committee	winner
1998	Akai Tori Literary Prize	Green Eyes	—	Akai Tori Award Committee	winner

NHK Prize (children's theatre script)

1973

対象作品: Bobby, Run My Heart

主催: NHK

結果: winner

Nankichi Niimi Children's Literature Award

1987

対象作品: Enjoy the Wild Strawberry

主催: Nankichi Niimi Award Committee

結果: winner

Noma Children's Literature Prize

1991

対象作品: To Horn Cape

主催: Noma Children's Literature Award Committee

結果: winner

Akai Tori Literary Prize

1998

対象作品: Green Eyes

主催: Akai Tori Award Committee

結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

Niimi Nankichi Children's Literature Award 1回登壇

第5回（1987年） award

Noma Children's Literature Award 1回登壇

第29回（1991年） award

Akai Tori Literary Award 1回登壇

第28回（1998年） award

作品

代表作

Enjoy the Wild Strawberry

1986年 Children's literature (fairy tale/short story)

A collection of short children's stories depicting small wonders and kindness in everyday life.

childhoodnaturecompassion

To Horn Cape

1990年 Children's literature

A children's work featuring a boy as protagonist, exploring growth and friendship.

coming of agefriendshipadventure

Green Eyes

1997年 Children's literature

A children's work emphasizing visual imagery, portraying subtle human relationships and emotions.

emotional nuancerelationshipsimage-driven narrative

全著作

Who Will We Be Tomorrow? (1975)
Are You Part of the Goodbye Tribe? (1976)
The Wind Won't Forget You (1977)
Tales of Bad Friends (1979)
Where Are You Going with a Flower in Your Mouth? (1981)
The Adventures of Sinbad (1981)
There Are Few People Like This (1983)
When I Was the Younger Brother (1985)
Art Collection of Boyhood (1985)
Enjoy the Wild Strawberry (1986)
The Two Bachs (1987)
The Day Will Come (1987)
Mineuchi Game (1989)
To Horn Cape (1990)
The Big Pumpkin War (1992)
His Lindbergh Jacket (1993)
The Forest Grandmother (1994)
Memories of the Lone Ranger (1994)
Anju and Zushiou (1994)
To a Small Orchid - About Papa's Precious People - (1996)
Green Eyes (1997)
High-Teen Poetry Collection (2001)
Nenagare Diary (2002)
Tachikawa Taregusa (2007)
Tomokitaru: Kukoku Kyoonroku (2016)
The Timid Reporter (2022)

翻案

NHK Children's Drama Series broadcast of 'Are You Part of the Goodbye Tribe?' (1977)
'Bobby, Run My Heart' (children's theatre script) — NHK Prize / staged (1973)

作風・主題

文体: lyrical, image-focused stylegentle language aimed at children
頻出モチーフ: childhoodnature imageryreferences to music and theatre

評価・遺産

A long-standing contributor to children's literature and poetry, with strong ties to NHK and theatre; recognized for contributions to works for young readers and stage pieces.

資料所蔵先

Holdings at the National Diet Library

大衆文化への影響

Influence through scripts and performances on NHK and children's theatre

豆知識

Studied poetry and script under Shūji Terayama in 1966.
Worked at Tatsunoko Productions early in his career as a literary staffer and was involved with anime projects.
Won several major children's literature prizes from the 1980s through the 1990s.
Served as an instructor at a juvenile medical correction facility and was involved in a meeting with 'Shonen A' (the perpetrator in the Kobe child murders case).