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Lafcadio Hearn
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Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West (1850–1904)
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Lafcadio Hearn was an author who wrote under the pseudonym Koizumi Yakumo. Born on June 27, 1850, he died on September 26, 1904. His literary output includes works such as *Interpretations of literature*, *The last of the Voudoos*, *Sanseido's new selections from Lafcadio Hearn*, *The boy who drew cats*, and *Lectures on Shakespeare*.
Hearn is associated with Japan and has been tagged with terms including "author" and "proto-weeaboo." He is the subject of a Commons gallery and category, as well as a creator page. A quote attributed to him reads, "How sweet Japanese woman is! All the possibilities of the race for goodness seem to be concentrated in her."
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1850-06-27
- Died
- 1904-09-26
- Works
- 1025
Top works
- Interpretations of literature
- The last of the Voudoos
- Sanseido's new selections from Lafcadio Hearn
- The boy who drew cats
- Lectures on Shakespeare
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 202
- Total plays
- 1,401
Tags
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (June 27, 1850 - September 26, 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲) after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author best known for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lafcadio+Hearn">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Adaptive noise cancelling: Principles and applications
· 1975 · cited 3,068x
- Distinct populations of inflammatory fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in pancreatic cancer
· 2017 · cited 2,363x
- Quantifying
<i>E. coli</i>
Proteome and Transcriptome with Single-Molecule Sensitivity in Single Cells
· 2010 · cited 1,937x
- Rb-Mediated Heterochromatin Formation and Silencing of E2F Target Genes during Cellular Senescence
· 2003 · cited 1,931x
- Senescence of Activated Stellate Cells Limits Liver Fibrosis
· 2008 · cited 1,783x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “How sweet Japanese woman is! All the possibilities of the race for goodness seem to be concentrated in her.”
- “Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: "Well, who are the best people to live with?"”
- “Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness.”
- “My friends are much more dangerous than my enemies. These latter – with infinite subtlety – spin webs to keep me out of places where I hate to go, – and tell stories of me to people whom it would be vanity and vexation to meet; – and they help me so much by their unconscious aid that I almost love them.”
- “Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under a lava flood of taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become only a study for archaeologists. Its condition is so bad that when I write about it, as I intend to do soon, nobody will believe I am telling the truth. But it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio.”
- “They are hideous Golgothas, these old intermural cemeteries of ours. In other cities cemeteries are beautiful with all that the art of the gardener and sculptor can give....There the horror is masked. Here it glares at us with empty sockets. The tombs are fissured, or have caved in, or have crumbled down into shapeless bricks and mortar...[and] crawfish undermine the walls to feast upon what is hidden within.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Patrick Lafcadio Hearn , ( 1850-06-27 ) 27 June 1850, Lefkada , Ionian Islands
- Died
- 26 September 1904 (1904-09-26) (aged 54), Tokyo, Japan
- Resting place
- Zōshigaya Cemetery
- Pen name
- Yakumo Koizumi, ( 小泉 八雲 , Koizumi Yakumo )
- Language
- English , Greek , Japanese , French
- Citizenship
- Japan (from 1896)
- Spouse
- Alethea Foley, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1874 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1877 ) Setsuko Koizumi , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1890 )
- Kanji
- 小泉 八雲
- Hiragana
- こいずみ やくも
- Katakana
- コイズミ ヤクモ
- Romanization
- Koizumi Yakumo
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Lefkada
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan
- Educated at
- Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens
- Employer
- Waseda University
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Field of work
- teaching
- Image
- Portrait of Lafcadio Hearn.jpg
Show 19 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Koizumi Yakumo
- Commons gallery
- Lafcadio Hearn
- Commons category
- Koizumi Yakumo
- date of birth
- 1850-01-01
- date of death
- 1904-09-26
- Commons Creator page
- Lafcadio Hearn
- medical condition
- one-eyed
- pseudonym
- Koizumi Yakumo
- place of burial
- Zōshigaya Cemetery
- birth name
- Patrick Lafcadio Hearn
- cause of death
- angina pectoris
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- French
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- start of work period
- 1894-00-00
- name in kana
- こいずみ やくも
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- influenced by
- Elizabeth Bisland
- dedicated heritage entity
- Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Lafcadio Hearn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~35 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Yakumo Koizumi (Japanese: 小泉 八雲, Hepburn: Koizumi Yakumo; born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn; 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904) was a Greek and Irish writer, translator, and teacher whose work played a significant role in the introduction of the culture and literature of Japan to the mainstream Western world.
His writings offered unprecedented insight into Japanese culture, especially his collections of legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Before moving to Japan and becoming a Japanese citizen, he worked as a journalist in the United States, primarily in Cincinnati and New Orleans. His writings about New Orleans, based on his decade-long stay there, are also well-known.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lafcadio Hearn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.