Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) b. Santa Maura, Greece, Irish father, Greek mother. Writer, journalist. Went to Japan in 1890. Assumed name Yakumo Koizumi. Married a Japanese women. Taught English, wrote novels and travel books.
Bibliography
- Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (1894)
- Japan: an attempt at interpretation (1904)
- Out of the East (1895)
- Two Years in the French West Indies (1890)
- Youma (1890)