Wenceslau de Moraes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sousa and the second or paternal family name is Moraes.
Wenceslau de Moraes
Moraes in Kobe, 1897
Born
Wenceslau José de Sousa de Moraes

30 May 1854
Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
Died1 July 1929(1929-07-01) (aged 75)
Tokushima, Japan
OccupationsWriter, naval officer, diplomat
Known forexplaining Japan in Portuguese
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Wenceslau José de Souza de Moraes (30 May 1854 – 1 July 1929), in modern orthography Venceslau José de Sousa de Morais, was a Portuguese writer whose works were steeped in orientalism and exoticism, particularly the culture of Japan. He has been compared to Lafcadio Hearn, a contemporary who settled in Japan but wrote in English. A translator of Haiku, his verse was also influenced by Symbolism.

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