Yasunari Kawabata

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Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成, Kawabata Yasunari; Japanese pronunciation: [kä̀.β̞ä́.bä́.tä́ | jä̀.sɨ́.nä̀.ɾʲì, -tä́ jä́-, -tä́], 11 June 1899 – 16 April 1972), referred to in rare circumstances as Kōsei Kawabata, was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.

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