WRITER

Lafcadio Hearn

1850 - 1904

Photo of Lafcadio Hearn

Icon of person Lafcadio Hearn

Yakumo Koizumi (小泉 八雲; born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn; 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904) was a writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lafcadio Hearn is the 1,035th most popular writer (down from 934th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 221st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Greek Writer.

Lafcadio Hearn was a writer who wrote about Japan. He was most famous for his book "In Ghostly Japan."

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Lafcadio Hearn by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 1,035 out of 7,302. Before him are Paulinus of Nola, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Robert van Gulik, Raymond Radiguet, Giambattista Marino, and August Kubizek. After him are Thomas Malory, August von Kotzebue, John Malalas, Božena Němcová, Charles De Coster, and Edmund Spenser.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 23. Before him are Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Oliver Heaviside, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Frances Xavier Cabrini, and William Morris Davis. After him are Besarion Jughashvili, Ignác Goldziher, César Ritz, Victoriano Huerta, Sami Frashëri, and Mikhail Chigorin. Among people deceased in 1904, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 21. Before him are Abai Qunanbaiuly, Vasily Vereshchagin, Stepan Makarov, Paul Kruger, George, King of Saxony, and Émile Gallé. After him are Eduard Hanslick, Étienne-Jules Marey, Vladimir Markovnikov, Sami Frashëri, Norodom of Cambodia, and Mathilde Bonaparte.

Others Born in 1850

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1904

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 253 out of 1,024. Before him are Calchas (null), Exekias (-501), Demaratus (-600), Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872), Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869), and Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921). After him are Vicky Leandros (1949), Konstantin Dejanović (1355), Archidamus II (-450), Theodore Stratelates (281), Timon of Phlius (-320), and Thrasybulus (-440).

Others born in Greece

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Lafcadio Hearn ranks 30. Before him are Agathias (536), Aelia Eudocia (401), Bacchylides (-490), Periander (-700), Philostratus (170), and Agathon (-448). After him are Jean Moréas (1856), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Rigas Feraios (1757), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), and Phrynichus (-535).

Greek born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous