Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata (14 June 1899–16 April 1972) was a Japanese writer.  He was the winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature.NobelPrize.org, "Yasunari Kawabata"; retrieved 2012-9-17.  He was the first Japanese author to receive the award.

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Category:1899 births
Category:1972 deaths
Category:Writers from Osaka
Category:Japanese Nobel Prize winners
Category:University of Tokyo alumni
Category:Nobel Prize in Literature winners