Friday, 27 June 2008

Lafcadio's Day

Happy birthday, Lafcadio Hearn, born on this day in 1850. His was surely one of the most extraordinary careers in literature. A lovely island, Lefkada - I spent a holiday there once. I remember taking a long, rock-strewn walk up to a famous waterfall, and finding half a dozen swallowtail butterflies drinking at a rock pool...
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  1. Anonymous27 June 2008 at 19:57

    An extraordinary career indeed! I read many of his books while studying Japan some thirty years ago.

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  2. Levi Stahl28 June 2008 at 15:34

    As big fans of Hearn's writing, my wife and I are hoping, when we go to Japan next year, to visit the small museum dedicated to Hearn in Matsue, which was written about in the New York Times a couple of years ago.

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