Friday, December 5, 2008

Hirotada Ototake


Ototake Hirotada (乙武 洋匡) (born April 6, 1976) is a Japanese sports writer from Tokyo. Born without arms and legs due to a disease called tetra-amelia, he is most notable for his 1998 memoir No One's Perfect (五体不満足) ISBN 4770027648, which was a bestseller in Japan. To date, it has sold 4.5 million copies in Japan, making it the second-highest selling book there in nearly 50 years.


Since the publication of No One's Perfect (五体不満足), Ototake became a successful sports journalist and, as of 2007, a primary school teacher in Suginami Ward, Tokyo.


Extracted from Wikipaedia

Links

Teacher born without limbs teaches children acceptance, respect

http://fisherwy.blogspot.com/2007/04/japanese-armless-author-becomes.html

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