Yasunari Kawabata Writer

Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成, Kawabata Yasunari, 11 June 1899 – 16 April 1972) was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose sparse, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.

Personal facts

Birth date	June 14, 1899
Birth place	Japan , Osaka
Nationality	Japan
Ethnicity	Japanese people
Citizenship	Japanese people
Date of death	April 16, 1972
Place of death	Japan , Zushi Kanagawa , Kamakura Kanagawa