Yasunari Kawabata
Writing•Born June 14, 1899•Died April 16, 1972 (age 72)•Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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.
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DepartmentWriting
BirthdayJune 14, 1899
Day of DeathApril 16, 1972
Place of BirthOsaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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