A Preson Who Has Made a Difference:Natsume Soseki

The Greatest Novelist: Natsume Soseki.
Natsume Soseki was born in Tokyo on February 9, 1867. He graduated from Tokyo University, the department of English literature. His picture was printed on the 1000 yen note because he is one of the famous novelists in Japan. His first occupation was a teacher. After he quit his job, he worked at the newspaper company. In fact his job was not only novelist. He wrote novels when his job was not busy. His major works are “Call me a Cat," “And Then,"“Botchan” and “Kokoro." He wrote a lot of works in his life. His ideal concept of his life is called “Sokutenkyoshi” in Japanese, which means “Throw yourself and live naturally." When he worked at the newspaper company the government told him to go to the United Kingdom and he went there to study English literature. He married his wife in June 1896. They had two sons and five daughters. He passed away when he was fifty years old. He died of a stomach ulcer but he had a lot of illness in his life. He brought many effects on Japanese literature.