Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

Actor · Director · Writer

Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
June 14, 1899

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.

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Representative Works

Repast
Repast
7.6
/ Japanese
A Page of Madness
A Page of Madness
7.3
/ Japanese
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
6.6
/ Japanese
Snow Country
Snow Country
6.7
/ Japanese
Sound of the Mountain
Sound of the Mountain
7.4
/ Japanese
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
6.5
/ Japanese
Koto: The Ancient City
Koto: The Ancient City
7.0
/ Japanese
The Izu Dancer
The Izu Dancer
8.1
/ Japanese
Asakusa monogatari
Asakusa monogatari
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/ Japanese
Snow Country
Snow Country
7.0
/ Japanese
With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow
5.7
/ Japanese
House of Sleeping Beauties
House of Sleeping Beauties
8.5
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Repast
1951Winner

Best Director

Repast

A Page of Madness
1926Nominee

Best Writing

A Page of Madness

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
1935Nominee

Best Writing

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Career Highlights

Snow Country
1957Highlight

Best Writing

Snow Country

Sound of the Mountain
1954Highlight

Best Writing

Sound of the Mountain

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