Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari 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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Who was born first?

• Yasunari Kawabata and Zaki al-Arsuzi were born the same year
• Yasunari Kawabata and Ernest Hemingway were born the same year
• Yasunari Kawabata and Konstantinos Tsatsos were born the same year
• Yasunari Kawabata and Carlo Rosselli were born the same year
• Yasunari Kawabata and Mart Stam were born the same year

Timeline

1. Carlo RosselliNovember 16, 1899 – June 9, 1937
2. Ernest HemingwayJuly 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961
3. Konstantinos TsatsosJuly 1, 1899 – October 8, 1987
4. Mart StamAugust 5, 1899 – February 21, 1986
5. Yasunari Kawabata (this page)June 11, 1899 – April 16, 1972
6. Zaki al-ArsuziJune 1899 – July 2, 1968

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