Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成, Kawabata Yasunari, 14 June 1899 - 16 April 1972) 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. Born in Osaka, Yasunari was orphaned when he was four, after which he lived with his grandparents. He had a... more

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  • Jun 14, 1899

Date of death:

  • Apr 16, 1972 (age 72 years)

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