Daniel David Moses

Poet and playwright, Daniel David Moses was born in 1952. He is a Delaware from the Six Nations lands on the Grand River in southern Ontario. He holds an Honours B.A. from York University and an M.F.A. from the University of British Columbia. He writes full-time and works with the Native and cross-cultural arts communities in Toronto.

 

Awards
Governor General's Award for Drama, finalist, 1991.
Canadian National Playwrighting Competition, one act category, first prize, 1990.
New Play Centre, one act playwrighting competition, winner, 1994.
James Buller Memorial Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Theatre, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, 1996.

 

Selected Publications
The White Line: Poems. (Fifth House Publishers, 1990).
Coyote City: A Play in Two Acts (copyscript). (Playwrights Union, 1988).
The Dreaming Beauty (drama, copyscript). (Playwrights Union, 1990).
Belle Fille de l'Aurore (drama, copyscript). (Playwrights Union, 1991).
Almighty Voice and His Wife: A Play in Two Acts. (copyscript). (Williams-Wallace Publishers, 1992).

Delicate Bodies (Nightwood Editions1992) ISBN 0-88971-042-2
Kyotopolis (drama, copyscript). (Playwrights Union, 1993).
City of Shadows (drama, copyscript). (Playwrights Union, 1995).
Brebeuf's Ghost (drama, copyscript). (Playwrights Union, 1996).

Sixteen Jesuses (Exile Editions, 2000) ISBN 1-55096-516-6

Brebeuf's Ghost (Exile Editions, 2000) ISBN 1-55096-529-8

 

Selected Anthologies
Harper's Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry. (Harper & Row, 1988).
Border Lines: Contemporary Poems in English. (Copp Clark, 1995).
Uncommon Wealth, An Anthology of Poetry in English. (Oxford University Press, 1997).

 

Books in Print
Moses, Daniel David
An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English (co-editor with Terry Goldie). Oxford University Press, 1992. $19.95 ISBN: 0-19-540819-5.
Big Buck City. Exile Editions, 1998. Delicate Bodies. Nightwood Editions, 1993. $9.95 ISBN: 0-88971-042-2.
The Indian Medicine Shows. Exile Editions, 1995. ISBN: 1-55096-036-9.

 

Daniel David Moses, 1 Browning Av #4, Toronto ON M4K 1V6, (416) 462-1425

phone: 416-462-1425

Daniel David Moses was born in 1952. He is a Deleware from the Six Nations lands on the Grand River in southern Ontario. He holds an honours B.A. from York University and an M.F.A. from U.B.C. He writes full-time and works with the Native and cross cultural arts communities in Toronto.

Grade Levels: 9 - OAC

Fees: $150/half day; $250/full day

Classroom Approach:
Moses can do a reading from his own works and/or discuss his writing process, the work of his Native contemporaries or related Native cultural topics or lead a creative writing workshop with an emphasis on dramatic ideas, on the oral tradition or on the student's work.