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Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist. Born on 11 June 1899 in Osaka, Kawabata died on 16 April 1972 in Zushi at the age of 72.
Notable works include The Dancing Girl of Izu, Snow Country and Thousand Cranes. Kawabata studied at University of Tokyo. Honours include Kikuchi Kan Prize, Japan Art Academy Prize and Noma Literary Prize, among 11 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 125 languages, Yasunari Kawabata is No. 6,887 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 11 June 1899, Osaka
- Died
- 16 April 1972, Zushi (aged 72)
- Country
- Japan
- Known as
- Writer, novelist, screenwriter
- Field
- Literature
- Education
- University of Tokyo
- Languages
- Japanese
- Wikipedia editions
- 125
Did you know
72
Lived to 72.
11 Jun
Shares a birthday with Anna Akhmatova and Gene Wilder.
128
One of 128 people in the Index born in Osaka, with Takeshi Okada.
125
Has a Wikipedia article in 125 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Connections
Yasunari Kawabata
- SpouseHideko Kawabata
Honours and works
Awards
- Kikuchi Kan Prize1944
- Japan Art Academy Prize1952
- Noma Literary Prize1954
- Kikuchi Kan Prize1958
- Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt1959
- Officer of Arts and Letters1960
- Order of Culture1961
- Person of Cultural Merit1961
- Mainichi Publication Culture Award1962
- Nobel Prize in Literature1968
- Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class1972
Notable works
- The Dancing Girl of Izu
- Snow Country
- Thousand Cranes
- The Old Capital
- The House of the Sleeping Beauties
- The Sound of the Mountain
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- Wikidata Q43736 (facts, CC0)
- Wikimedia pageviews API (popularity)