Natsume Sōseki
Writing
February 9, 1867
Died at age 49
December 9, 1916
Date of Death
Edo, Tokugawa shōgunate
Biography
Natsume Sōseki (Japanese: 夏目 漱石; born Natsume Kinnosuke (夏目 金之助); 9 February 1867 – 9 December 1916) 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.