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submitted by Lafcadio Hearn Files on 03.11.2015

Lefkada’s Hearn: Europe reclaims its literary ‘lost son’

BY DAMIAN FLANAGAN

SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES
OCT 10, 2015




Photograph:An age before Japan. Hearn lived with his Irish great-aunt during the 1850's

The Greek island of Lefkada, rising from the Ionian Sea south of Corfu, is famed for its white beaches and vertical cliffs from which the poet Sappho is said to have leaped ...

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submitted by Lafcadio Hearn Files on 06.05.2013

Masaaki Noda. It was through Takis Efstathiou that he became involved with Lafcadio Hearn.



The Spirit of Hermes sculpture at the Art Forum Gallery in Thessaloniki

Masaaki first met Lafcadio Hearn's grandson, Bon Koizumi at the Matsue Muesum, in Japan on July 5th 1996.

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Masaaki Noda, Takis Efstathiou and Bon Koizumi, matsue Museum, 1996

Takis Efstathiou ...

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submitted by Lafcadio Hearn Files on 09.04.2013

Masaaki Noda.



Artistic Resume

1949 - Born, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

1969 -1972 - Osaka University of Arts, Osaka
1977- Left Japan for New York City
1977-1980 - The Art Students League of New York

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

1982 - ACWLP Gallery, New York, NY - Kew Gallery, New York, NY
1982, 1985 - Miriam Per Iman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1984, 1985 ...

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submitted by Lafcadio Hearn Files on 05.04.2013

Takis Efstathiou. Art Collector.



Τακης Ευσαθιου

Συλλεκτης Εργων Τεχνης

Download the full article, (in Greek) as a .pdf here:

Hearn Takis Efsathiou Art Collector.pdf

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submitted by Lafcadio Hearn Files on 16.12.2012

Λευκάδιος Χερν – Ο ελληνοϊρλανδός συγγραφέας των τριών ηπείρων

Η Ευρώπη τον εγέννησε, η Ασία τον εδημιούργησε ως λογοτέχνη περιωπής και η Αμερική τον ανέδειξε

Της ΦΩΤΕΙΝΗΣ ΤΟΜΑΗ

Levkathitika Nea



From a photograph taken of Lafcadio Hearn, 1889

ΓΙΟΣ ΙΡΛΑΝΔΟΥ, ενός στρατιωτικού γιατρού που υπηρετούσε ...

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submitted by The Japan Times on 21.11.2012

A journey inside the mind of Lafcadio Hearn

The Japan Times

Friday, Nov. 5, 2010

By LISA GAY and FINTAN MONAGHAN

Special to The Japan Times


One hundred and twenty years ago, Greek-Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn first arrived in Japan; in Matsue, a provincial backwater in Shimane Prefecture, he became Koizumi Yakumo — his adopted Japanese name. Enamored with the city's ancient and enduring culture, he married into a local samurai family: No wonder, then, that it was in Matsue ...

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submitted by Lafcadio Hearn Files on 26.10.2012

Lafcadio Hearn's great-grandson Bon Koizumi visits New Orleans author's apartment



Bon Koizumi poses with a portrait of his great-grandfather, Lafcadio Hearn. (Photo by Doug MacCash / The Times-Picayune. )

By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com
The Times-Picayune (Newspaper_ - Greater New Orleans
on October 19, 2012

Lafcadio Hearn’s great-grandson Bon Koizumi said that he was “moved” by his visit to the Cleveland ...

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submitted by Lafcadio Hearn Files on 03.10.2012

Article about the Kwaidan exhibition held in Japan



Yet another tribute to Lafcadio Hearn.

As reported in an article in Yaizu.

The exhibition was organised by Takis Efstathiou.

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submitted by Lafcadio Hearn Files on 10.04.2012

Masaaki Noda



Massaaki Noda is one of Japan's most prominent artists. His sculptures, in particular are superior.

Through his freindship with Hearn Society, Athens, President, Takis Efsathiou, Noda has developed a profound interest in both Hellenism, and the life and psychography of Lafcadio Hearn.

In 2004, Masaaki Noda's stainless ...

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submitted by Kytherian Cultural Exchange on 10.04.2012

Myrto Dimitriou



Curriculum Vitae

Επώνυμο: Δημητρίου
Όνομα: Μυρτώ
Ημερομηνία γέννησης: 02.08.1983
Τόπος γέννησης: Θεσσαλονίκη

e-mail: Email, Myrto Dimitriou ...

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submitted by The Australian Newspaper on 02.02.2012

Revere the adopted son

by: Adrian Mourby

From: The Australian November 25, 2011



The former residence of writer Lafcadio Hearn in Matsue.

Picture: JNTO

These days the name Lafcadio Hearn is mostly known only to people who have read You Only Live Twice: "Have you ever heard the Japanese expression kirisute gomen?" Blofeld asks Bond. "Spare me ...

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submitted by Kytherian Cultural Exchange on 27.10.2011

Lafcadio Hearn at the Onassis Cultural Centre (OCC)



Unknown Hellenism Cycle
November 3 2011,
20:30
Main Stage

The event is part of the "Cycle" at the OCC

http://www.sgt.gr/

The Hellenic Plan at OCC An event dedicated to the work and unique life of Lafcadio Hearn, the 19th-century writer who, born on Lefkada to a Greek mother and an Irish father, would eventually settle down in Japan, earning a place ...

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submitted by Kytherian Cultural Exchange on 12.10.2011

Insight into Kytherian-Irish-American who introduced Japan to the world



Photograph: Lafcadio Hearn and his wife Setsuko (or Setsu), in Kobe, with their first child, Kazuo, in 1895

Irish Times, Weds, October 12th, 2011

JOHN MORAN in New York


NEW YORK’s Japanese community turned out in force at the Nippon Club in Manhattan last week for a lecture on the Greek-born Irish-American writer Patrick Lafcadio Hearn which was delivered by his great ...

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submitted by Kytherian Cultural Exchange on 25.10.2011

The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn in New York

Book and Art Exhibition

By Mel Fabrikant

The Paramus Post, Tuesday, September 13, 2011.

Organizers:


The Planning Committee for The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn in New York / Matsue CityCo-organizer:
The Nippon Club
Sponsored by New York Shimane Kenjin-Kai , HANKYU HANSHIN EXPRESS Co., Ltd. , The San-in Godo Bank, Ltd. New York Representative OfficeSupported by J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and ...

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submitted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation on 14.09.2011

Roger Pulvers discusses Kytherian-Japanese author Lafacdio Hearn

Phillip Adams, on Late Night Live (16th August, 2011), coducted an interview with Roger Pulvers.

During the first part of the interview Roger Pulvers provided an update on how the Japanese are coping with life, four months after being hit by a massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown.

In the second half of the interview Pulvers discusses the life and influence of Kytherian-Japanese author Lafacdio Hearn.

Listen to the interview here:

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submitted by Kytherian Cultural Exchange on 10.09.2011

A journey inside the mind of Lafcadio Hearn

The Japan Times

Friday, Nov. 5, 2010

By LISA GAY and FINTAN MONAGHAN



One hundred and twenty years ago, Greek-Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn first arrived in Japan; in Matsue, a provincial backwater in Shimane Prefecture, he became Koizumi Yakumo — his adopted Japanese name. Enamored with the city's ancient and enduring culture, he married into a local samurai family: No wonder, then, that it was in Matsue that Hearn wrote his famous "Glimpses ...

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submitted by Angelos Grammenos on 11.06.2011

Another significant award for Professor Nikos Petrochilos



Nikos Petrochilos accepting his Eptanesian Award

Download a .pdf of the "report" re: Eptanesian award to Professor Nikos Petrochilos, here:

Nikos_Petrochilos_brief_profile.pdf


The Union of Ionian (Seven) Islands, on 29th May 2011, at 6:00 pm, in the Old Parliament House, Syntagma Square, ...

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submitted by Kytherian Cultural Exchange on 02.11.2008

Works about Lafcadio Hearn. (Yakumo Koizumi). 1850-1904

http://www.trussel.com/hearn/onhearn.htm


anon. 1899
. An Orientalized American. in: The Literary Digest, Vol XIX, No. 7, Whole No. 486; New York, August 12, 1899. pp. 189-190. 30 Lafayette Place, N.Y. Funk & Wagnalls Company, Publishers. Unsigned article, quoting The Verdict, July 24, 1899: the writer, having seen Hearn in Tokyo, in half-Japanese, half-Western clothing, with huge spectacles, attributes his retention in the University to his Orientalized state. Edward ...