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1968 Nobel Prize in Literature
Yasunari Kawabata
"for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind."
Date
  • 10 October 1968 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1968
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind."[1] He is the first Japanese recipient of the prize.

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