Yasunari Kawabata

Novelist, Author

1899 – 1972

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Who was Yasunari Kawabata?

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese short story writer and novelist whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.

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Born
Jun 14, 1899
Osaka
Also known as
  • 川端 康成
  • Kawabata Yasunari
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Education
  • University of Tokyo
Died
Apr 16, 1972
Zushi

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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