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Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石, 9 February 1867 – 9 December 1916), pen name Sōseki, born Natsume Kin'nosuke (夏目 金之助), was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro , Botchan , I Am a Cat , Kusamakura and his unfinished work Light and Darkness .
Natsume Sōseki: The Genius of Japanese Literature. Natsume Soseki was one of the most important Japanese writers of the Meiji period, known for his insightful and psychologically complex works. He wrote both prose and poetry, although he is better known for the former.
Feb 9, 2017 · A portrait of Natsume Sōseki, Japan’s most highly regarded modern author, 150 years after his birth. Skilled in both the traditional learning of classical Chinese and the newly...
A young student forms a friendship with an enigmatic older man, whom he refers to as 'Sensei.' Over time, and finally through a long confessional letter, the younger man comes to know of Sensei's past and to understand the reasons behind his eccentric demeanor. With audio by Watanabe Tomoake (渡辺知明) ← click cover for contents page.
Natsume Sōseki (born Feb. 9, 1867, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died Dec. 9, 1916, Tokyo) was an outstanding Japanese novelist of the Meiji period and the first to ably depict the plight of the alienated modern Japanese intellectual.
Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916) is one of a handful of individuals who both symbolized Japan’s emergence as a modern nation and helped mold an understanding of the modern condition through his life’s work.
Natsume Sōseki (夏目 漱石), born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助), was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales.
May 16, 2018 · A Comic Evocation of the Author's Deep Pessimism about His Own Humanity. By John Nathan. May 16, 2018. In December 1904, Natsume Sōseki’s creative energy geysered, bearing him upward in the space of 16 months into the empyrean of Japanese writers who were taken seriously.
Life did not begin well for Natsume Soseki, the founding father of modern Japanese fiction, most famed for his satirical novel I Am a Cat (1905). Born Natsume Kinnosuke in 1867, the...
Jan 5, 2016 · Natsume Soseki has intrigued scholars and readers for more than a century. He created an indisputably modern literature while appropriating techniques and practices that predated modernity. Soseki's Bungakuron represents an attempt to produce a scientific theory of world literature, valid for all places and all times.
