page_title: Lafcadio Hearn
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Lafcadio Hearn / Works
caption_attribution_description: File name:	06_04_000242Title:	HEARN(1895) Glimpses of unfamiliar JapanDate issued:	1895Genre:	Book coversNotes:	Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 (Author)Collection:	Sarah Wyman Whitman BindingsLocation:	Boston Public Library, Special CollectionsRights:	No known copyright restrictions.
context_page_description: Koizumi Yakumo, born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was a Japanese writer of Greek-Irish descent. He is best remembered for his books about Japanese culture, especially his collections of legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In the United States, he is also known for his writings about New Orleans, based on his decade-long stay there.
  Hearn was born on the Greek island of Lefkada to a Greek mother and an Irish father, after which a complex series of conflicts and events led to him being moved to Dublin, where he was abandoned first by his mother, then his father, and finally by his father's aunt. At the age of 19, he was put on a boat 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 a Japanese woman with whom he had four children. His writings about Japan offered the Western world a glimpse into a largely unknown but fascinating culture at the time.
caption: Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, 1895
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