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Yasunari Kawabata
Kawabata at his home in Kamakura
Born
(1899-06-11)11 June 1899 Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
Died
16 April 1972(1972-04-16) (aged 72) Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation
Writer
Alma mater
University of Tokyo
Period
1924–1972
Genre
Novels, short stories
Literary movement
Shinkankakuha
Notable works
Snow Country, The Master of Go, The Dancing Girl of Izu, The Old Capital
Notable awards
Nobel Prize in Literature 1968
Spouse
Hideko 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
Romanization
Kawabata Yasunari
Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成, Kawabata Yasunari, 11 June 1899 – 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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