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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)
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
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- 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
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Lafcadio Hearn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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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.