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Yasunari Kawabata

Kawabata Yasunari

Japanese novelist (1899–1972).

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Statements about Yasunari Kawabata

Country of Citizenship

Japan

Occupation

Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Poet

Place of Birth

Osaka
Country
:
Empire of Japan

Place of Death

Zushi
Country
:
Japan
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Kanagawa Prefecture

Date of Birth

6/11/1899

Date of Death

4/16/1972

Image

Instance Of

Human

Described by Source

Larousse Encyclopedia Online
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Great Encyclopedia of Cyril and Methodius
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Concise Literary Encyclopedia
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Kotobank
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Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Obálky Knih
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Educated At

University of Tokyo

Given Name

Yasunari

Manner of Death

Suicide

Spouse

Native Language

Japanese

Notable Work

The Dancing Girl of Izu
Thousand Cranes
The Old Capital
The House of the Sleeping Beauties

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Literature
(1961)
Point in Time
: 1961
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1963)
Point in Time
: 1963
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1964)
Point in Time
: 1964
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1965)
Point in Time
: 1965

Name in Native Language

川端 康成
Name in Kana
:かわばた やすなり
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Work Location

Japan

Ethnic Group

Japanese People
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Source Known to Be Unreliable

Family Name

Kawabata

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Japanese

Sex or Gender

Male

Religion or Worldview

Buddhism

Residence

Toyokawa
(1902 - 1915)
Start Time
: 1902
End Time
: 1915
Kamakura
(1946 - 1972)
Start Time
: 1946
End Time
: 1972

Relative

Kaori Kawabata
Kinship to Subject
:
Son-in-Law

Start of Work Period

1924

Field of Work

Literature

Medical Condition

Parkinson's Disease
Depression

Award Received

10 items
Kikuchi Kan Prize
(1944)
Point in Time
: 1944
Point in Time
: 1958
Japan Art Academy Prize
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
Noma Literary Prize
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
(1959)
Point in Time
: 1959
Officer of Arts and Letters
(1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
Order of Culture
(1961)
Point in Time
: 1961
Person of Cultural Merit
(1961)
Point in Time
: 1961
Mainichi Publication Culture Award
(1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
Nobel Prize in Literature
(1968)
Award Rationale
: for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind
Award Rationale
: för hans berättarkonst, som med fin känsla uttrycker japanskt väsen i dess egenart
Point in Time
: 1968
Prize Money
: 350,000 Swedish krona
Order of the Rising Sun, 1st Class
(1972)
Point in Time
: 1972
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