Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
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Japanese novelist who wrote delicate, restrained prose that landed him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature—first Japanese author to win it. His work traveled globally and stuck around.
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Yasunari Kawabata 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.
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