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Tetsuya Mori

もり てつや

Mori Tetsuya

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1943-01-21 (Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Konan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Career

Occupations
poet, social welfare worker
Active Years
1968-
Affiliations
Biwako Gakuen (social welfare organization), Omi Poets' Association, Shiga Literary Society
Memberships
Omi Poets' Association, Shiga Literary Society

Education

Ritsumeikan University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Philosophy (Psychology major)
Year of Graduation: 1967
Country: Japan
Graduated from Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of Letters.

Awards

1st Hohoemi Prize
1977
Work: Study on teaching materials and aids for the education of severely physically and mentally handicapped children
Result: winner
51st H-shi Prize
2001
Work: Fantasy-Thought Science Laboratory
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

First Hunt

1968 poetry collection

Debut poetry collection containing early poems.

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Play and Handwork for Children with Disabilities: How to Make Play Equipment and Teaching Aids

1979 special education / practical guide

A practical guide summarizing play, handwork, and how to make play equipment and teaching aids for children with disabilities.

special educationplayteaching aid development

Museum of Boys' Playthings: Poetry by Tetsuya Mori

1996 poetry collection

A poetry collection focusing on everyday toys and children's play.

playobjectsmemory

Fantasy-Thought Science Laboratory: Poetry by Tetsuya Mori

2001 poetry collection

A collection of poems that intertwine fantastical thought with scientific perspectives.

fantasythoughtscience

Objects, Things, and Thought: Poetry by Tetsuya Mori

2006 poetry collection

Poems themed on the relationship between objects and human thought.

objectsthinkingeveryday life

Darwin the Seventeenth: Poetry by Tetsuya Mori

2008 poetry collection

A collection that includes poems using evolution and biological perspectives as motifs.

evolutionnaturephilosophy

Beside Everyday Life: Essays by Tetsuya Mori

2011 essays

A collection of essays attentive to everyday scenes and daily life.

everyday lifeessaysliving

Bibliography

  • First Hunt (1968, Bundosha)
  • Play and Handwork for Children with Disabilities (1979, Reimei Shobo)
  • Museum of Boys' Playthings (1996, Uniplan)
  • Fantasy-Thought Science Laboratory (2001, Henshu Kobo Noah)
  • Play and Handwork for Children with Disabilities (2001, Reimei Shobo)
  • Objects, Things, and Thought (2006, Henshu Kobo Noah)
  • Darwin the Seventeenth (2008, Henshu Kobo Noah)
  • Beside Everyday Life (2011, Chikurinkan)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
modern poetrycolloquial expressionuse of conceptual motifs
Recurring Motifs
playchildrenobjectsmemoryscientific imagery

Legacy

A poet based in Shiga Prefecture who has contributed to regional literature through practical works on education for children with disabilities and poetry that treats everyday objects and play.

Academic Societies

  • Shiga Literary Society

Trivia

  • Born January 21, 1943, in Kyoto.
  • Received the 1st Hohoemi Prize in 1977.
  • Received the 51st H-shi Prize in 2001.
  • Graduated from Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of Letters.
  • Worked at Biwako Gakuen until 2003.
  • Member of the Omi Poets' Association and officer of the Shiga Literary Society.