Kawabata Yasunari

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Kawabata Yasunari was a Japanese novelist and short story writer, renowned for his lyrical prose and as the first Japanese author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Yasunari Kawabata 4
Kawabata Yasunari canonical 2
Kawabata 1

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instanceOf Japanese writer
human
novelist
short story writer
activePeriod 20th century
awardReceived Goethe Medal
Nobel Prize in Literature
Order of Culture
surface form: Order of Culture (Japan)
causeOfDeath suicide
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1899-06-14
dateOfDeath 1972-04-16
educatedAt University of Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo Imperial University
familyName Kawabata Yasunari self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kawabata
fieldOfWork literature
gender male
genre literary fiction
modernist literature
givenName Tsukada Yasunari
surface form: Yasunari
influencedBy Buddhist aesthetics
Japanese classical literature
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese
movement Shinkankakuha
name Kawabata Yasunari self-link
nationality Japanese
nativeName Kawabata Yasunari self-linksurface differs
surface form: 川端 康成
nobelPrize Nobel Prize in Literature
nobelYear 1968
notableAchievement first Japanese recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
notableWork House of the Sleeping Beauties
Snow Country
The Old Capital
The Sound of the Mountain
Thousand Cranes
occupation essayist
novelist
short story writer
placeOfBirth Osaka Prefecture
surface form: Osaka Prefecture, Japan
placeOfDeath Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture
surface form: Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
residence Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
theme beauty
ephemerality
loneliness
traditional Japanese aesthetics
workTranslatedInto English
French
German
writingStyle lyrical prose
subtle psychological depiction

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KU hasNotableAlumni Kawabata Yasunari
subject surface form: Kyoto University
Tanizaki Prize hasAwarded Kawabata Yasunari
this entity surface form: Yasunari Kawabata
Yomiuri Prize for Literature notableWinner Kawabata Yasunari
this entity surface form: Yasunari Kawabata
Person of Cultural Merit (Japan) hasRecipient Kawabata Yasunari
this entity surface form: Yasunari Kawabata
Noma Literary Prize notableRecipient Kawabata Yasunari
this entity surface form: Yasunari Kawabata
Kawabata Yasunari name Kawabata Yasunari self-link
Kawabata Yasunari nativeName Kawabata Yasunari self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 川端 康成
Kawabata Yasunari familyName Kawabata Yasunari self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kawabata