Lafcadio Hearn
, born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (), was a writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West. 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.Hearn was born on the Greek island of Lefkada, after which a complex series of conflicts and events led to his being moved to Dublin, where he was abandoned first by his mother, then his father, and finally by his father's aunt (who had been appointed his official guardian). At the age of 19, he emigrated to the United States, where he found work as a newspaper reporter, first in Cincinnati and later in New Orleans. From there, he was sent as a correspondent to the French West Indies, where he stayed for two years, and then to Japan, where he would remain for the rest of his life.
In Japan, Hearn married Koizumi Setsuko, with whom he had four children. His writings about Japan offered the Western world greater insight into a still largely unfamiliar culture. Provided by Wikipedia
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Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn / by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Inventing New Orleans : writings of Lafcadio Hearn / by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Children of the levee. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Kwaidan; stories and studies of strange things. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Books and habits; from the lectures of Lafcadio Hearn. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Some strange English literary figures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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The Japanese letters of Lafcadio Hearn, by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Editorials of Lafcadio Hearn. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Chita; a memory of Last Island. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Occidental gleanings; sketches and essays, by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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A Japanese miscellany: Strange stories; Folklore gleanings; Studies here & there. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Some Chinese ghosts, by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Talks to writers. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Kottō being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs, by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Japan and the Japanese. [Revelries and studies] by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Lectures on Shakespeare. by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Buying Christmas toys and other essays / by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Barbarous barbers and other stories / by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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The new radiance, and other scientific sketches, by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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Kwaidan: stories and studies of strange things by Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904
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