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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 .
Kokoro (こゝろ, or in modern kana usage こころ) is a 1914 Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki, and the final part of a trilogy starting with To the Spring Equinox and Beyond and followed by The Wayfarer (both 1912).
I Am a Cat (Japanese: 吾輩は猫である, Hepburn: Wagahai wa Neko de Aru) is a satirical novel written in 1905–1906 by Natsume Sōseki about Japanese society during the Meiji period (1868–1912), particularly the uneasy mix of Western culture and Japanese traditions.
Feb 9, 2017 · CultureFeb 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...
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: 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.
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 (夏目 漱石, 9 February 1867 – 9 December 1916), born Natsume Kin'nosuke (夏目 金之助), was a Japanese novelist. He is well known around the world for some of the novels he wrote, like Kokoro, Botchan and I Am a Cat. He was born in Tokyo, Japan.
Aug 3, 2018 · 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...
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.
