The Resume

(June 27, 1850-September 26, 1904)
Born in Lefkada, Greece
Birth name was Patrick Lafcadio Hearn
Also known in Japan as Koizumi Yakumo
Reporter for the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer, Cincinnati Commercial, New Orleans Times Democrat, Harper's Weekly and Scribner's
Taught English literature at Tokyo Imperial University (1896-1904)
Best known for his collections of Japanese legends
Wrote 'Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs in Six Dialects' (1885), 'La Cuisine Creole' (1885), 'Two Years in the French West Indies' (1890), 'Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan' (1894), 'Out of the East' (1895), 'Japanese Fairy Tales' (1898), 'In Ghostly Japan' (1899) and 'Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things' (1903)

Why he might be annoying:

His right eye bulged from the socket.
As a reporter, he was known for lurid crime stories, in which he described sticking his finger in a dead man's brain and drinking blood from an abattoir.
His newspaper stints usually ended via a falling out with his editor amid a torrent of abusive letters.
He may have been a bigamist, since there is no record of him getting a divorce from his American wife before marrying a Japanese woman.

Why he might not be annoying:

When he was two and living in Dublin, his mother returned to Greece and he never saw her again.
During his teens, he was struck in the face while playing a game, leaving him blind in his left eye.
He was fired from one newspaper job in Cincinnati for marrying a black woman.
A Japanese publisher said, 'Lafcadio Hearn is about as Japanese as haiku.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 40]
• I am a Buddhist
• I Died in 1904 (Ranked: 54)
• I Married Outside My Race
• I Was Homeless
• Known By a Middle Name
• Little People [5'3 and Shorter] - Male
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Male Pipe Smokers
• Military Brats
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• One-Eyed Jacks
• Profiles 32251-32500 (Ranked: 32411)
• Teachers
• Visually Impaired
• Wacky Eyes

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying