Yasunari Kawabata
Writing · Novel · Original Story · Writer
Born Jun 14, 1899 · Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Active 1926–1972 · Awards: Kikuchi Kan Prize, Japan Art Academy Prize, Noma Literary Prize, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Officer of Arts and Letters, Order of Culture, Person of Cultural Merit, Mainichi Publication Culture Award
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.
Filmography
The Master of Funerals (2019) — NovelThe Old Capital (2016) — Novel · Original StoryKaidan Horror Classics (2010) — Original StoryKingyo (2009) — Original StoryHouse of Sleeping Beauties (1995) — NovelThe Land of Snow (1977) — NovelThe Izu Dancer (1974) — NovelThousand Cranes (1969) — NovelThrough Days and Months (1969) — NovelThe House of the Sleeping Virgins (1968) — NovelThe Izu Dancer (1967) — Original StoryWoman of the Lake (1966) — NovelLove Comes with Youth (1963) — WriterTwin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) — NovelWoman Unveiled (1958) — Original StorySnow Country (1957) — NovelSound of the Mountain (1954) — NovelDancing Girls of Izu (1954) — Original StoryMother's First Love (1954) — NovelRepast (1951) — Script SupervisorDancing Girl (1951) — Original StoryMr. Thank You (1936) — NovelThree Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935) — Original StoryA Page of Madness (1926) — Original Story · Writer