Yasunari Kawabata
Known for
Writing
Born
June 14, 1899
Birthplace
Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Died
April 16, 1972 (aged 72)
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.
Best known work
A Page of Madness
1926
Sound of the Mountain
1954
Repast
1951
Mr. Thank You
1936
Woman of the Lake
1966
House of the Sleeping Beauties
2006
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
Kingyo
2009
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
Dancing Girl
1951Filmography
2022
Snow CountryNovel
2019
2019
One ArmNovel
2016
The Old CapitalNovel, Original Story
2010
Kaidan Horror ClassicsOriginal Story
2010
2009
KingyoOriginal Story
2009
Love SuicidesOriginal Story
2008
KataudeOriginal Story
2008
A Girl in the SunsetOriginal Story
2007
Nemureru bijoNovel
2006
2005
KotoNovel
2002
Shinshun! Love storiesOriginal Story
2001
Bellas durmientesNovel
1995
1986
1985
1985
Sadness and BeautyNovel
1980
1977
The Land of SnowNovel
1974
The Izu DancerNovel
1969
1969
Thousand CranesNovel
1968