Yasunari Kawabata
Yasunari Kawabata | |||||
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Kawabata at his home in Kamakura | |||||
| Born | 11 June 1899 Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan | ||||
| Died | 16 April 1972 (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 | ||||
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Yasunari/Kōsei Kawabata (川端 康成, Kawabata Yasunari/Kōsei; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.wa.ba.ta (|) ja.sɯꜜ.na.ɾʲi, -koꜜː.sei, -seː], 11 June 1899 – 16 April 1972) 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.