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Japanese novelist (–)

"Kawabata" redirects here. For the surname, see Kawabata (surname).

Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成, Kawabata Yasunari, 11 June ^[a] – 16 April ^[1]) was a Japanesenovelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese author to receive the award.

His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.

Early life

Born into a well-established family in Osaka, Japan,^[2] Kawabata was orphaned by the time he was four, after which he lived with his grandparents.

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He had an older sister who was taken in by an aunt, and whom he met only once thereafter, in July , when he was ten. She died when Kawabata was Kawabata's grandmother died in September , when he was seven, and his grandfather in May , when he was fifteen.

Having lost all close paternal relatives, Kawabata moved in with his mother's family, the Kuroda