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Natsume Sōseki
AuthorBooks · Second hand1867-1916
Natsume Sōseki was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar. He is considered one of the greatest writers in modern Japanese history and is often called the first modern novelist of Japan. Sōseki's fiction explored themes of individualism, loneliness, and the conflict between traditional Japanese values and the rapid Westernization of the Meiji era. His major works include I Am a Cat (1905), Botchan (1906), Sanshirō (1908), Kokoro (1914), and his unfinished final novel Light and Dark (1916).
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About Natsume Sōseki
Birth
1867
Death
1916
First book
1905
Years writing
121
Natsume Sōseki was a Japanese novelist, poet, and scholar. He is considered one of the greatest writers in modern Japanese history and is often called the first modern novelist of Japan. Sōseki's fiction explored themes of individualism, loneliness, and the conflict between traditional Japanese values and the rapid Westernization of the Meiji era. His major works include I Am a Cat (1905), Botchan (1906), Sanshirō (1908), Kokoro (1914), and his unfinished final novel Light and Dark (1916).
Natsume Sōseki is considered one of the most influential novelists in modern Japanese literature.
His famous work I Am a Cat uses a unique feline perspective to satirize the society of his time.
Before dedicating himself fully to writing, he worked as a university professor and poet.
His novel Botchan is one of the most beloved and widely read works throughout Japan.
Throughout his prolific career, he wrote nearly 500 works that explore the human condition.
