Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (born 1867)

Natsume Sōseki , born Natsume Kinnosuke , was a Japanese novelist. He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat, Kusamakura and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and writer of haiku, kanshi poetry and fairy tales.