Emori Moriya

Japanese poet, children's writer and anarchist, also known as Soma Jukichi. Beginning around 1924, he published poems in and collaborated on anarchist different newspapers, especially 'Genshi' (Origins). He was a founder of the anarchist journal 'Bungei Kaiho' (Literary Liberation) and wrote for 'Musanaha Simbun' (Proletarian Weekly). With the demise of 'Musanaha Simbun' in August 1929, he helped start 'Daini Musansha Simbun' (Second Proletarian Weekly). In March 1940 he participated in the creation of the anarchist journal 'Shiga' (Plain Poetics). In 1945 he became editor of 'Jinto Shimbun Jinming' (People's Journal) and, when the paper of the Japanese Communist Party, 'Akahata' (Red Flag) was banned, he became editor of 'Tone Dokuritsu Heiwa' (Peace and Independence). Amongst his publications are 'Gendai Rōdō Seisaku' (Modern Labour Policy; 1941) and 'Shijin no Sei to Shi ni Tsuite' (About the Life and Death of the Poet; 1959).