Yasunari Kawabata

Writing

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.

Personal Info

• Known For Writing
• Gender Male
• Birthday June 14, 1899 (72 years old)
• Died April 16, 1972
• Place of Birth Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan