Hōmei Iwano

Hōmei Iwano (岩野 泡鳴, Iwano Hōmei, January 20, 1873 – May 9, 1920) was a Japanese writer.[1]

Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Iwano wanted to become a Christian missionary, but he finally ended up as a literature expert. After some unsuccessful poetry books and kabuki dramas, he published poetical dramas (Shintaishi no sahō, 1907; Shintaishi shi, 1907–08) and analyses of literature (Shimpiteki hanjū shugi, 1906; Shin shizen shugi, 1908). From 1909 on, he wrote some autobiographical novels like Tandeki (1909) and Hōmei gobusaku (1911).

He translated Plutarch.

References
  1. "Iwano Hōmei". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  • Louis Frédéric : Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press, 2002 (Japon, dictionnaire et civilisation), ISBN 0-674-00770-0, p. 409


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