Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata
Kawabata at his home in Kamakura
Kawabata at his home in Kamakura
Born(1899-06-11)11 June 1899
Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
Died16 April 1972(1972-04-16) (aged 72)
Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
OccupationWriter
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Period1924–1972
GenreNovels, short stories
Literary movementShinkankakuha
Notable worksSnow Country, The Master of Go, The Dancing Girl of Izu, The Old Capital
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1968
SpouseHideko Kawabata
Japanese name
Kanji川端 康成
Hiraganaかわばた やすなり
Katakanaカワバタ ヤスナリ
Transcriptions
RomanizationKawabata Yasunari

Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成, Kawabata Yasunari, 11 June 1899[a] – 16 April 1972[1]) was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.


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  1. ^ "Yasunari Kawabata - Facts". Retrieved 11 June 2014.