Yasunari Kawabata

    Yasunari Kawabata

    June 14, 1899 (125 years old) in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

    Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award.

    Known For

    The Strange Case of Yukio MishimaThe Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
    Around Mr. Yasunari KawabataAround Mr. Yasunari Kawabata

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