Yasunari Kawabata
Writing·June 14, 1899·† April 16, 1972 — 72 years old·Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
Filmography · 53
2022Snow CountryNovel2019The Master of FuneralsNovel2019One ArmNovel2016The Old CapitalNovel · Original Story2010Kaidan Horror ClassicsOriginal Story2010Kaidan Horror ClassicsTVOriginal Story2009KingyoOriginal Story2009Love SuicidesOriginal Story2008KataudeOriginal Story2008A Girl in the SunsetOriginal Story2007Nemureru bijoNovel2006House of the Sleeping BeautiesNovel2005KotoNovel2002Shinshun! Love storiesOriginal Story2001Bellas durmientesNovel1995House of Sleeping BeautiesNovel1986Animated Classics of Japanese LiteratureTVOriginal Story1985The Strange Case of Yukio MishimaSelf1985Sadness and BeautyNovel1980Koto: The Ancient CityNovel1977The Land of SnowNovel1974The Izu DancerNovel1969Through Days and MonthsNovel1969Thousand CranesNovel1968Around Mr. Yasunari Kawabata1968The House of the Sleeping VirginsNovel1967The Izu DancerOriginal Story1966Woman of the LakeNovel1965Snow CountryNovel1965TamayuraTVOriginal Story1965With Beauty and SorrowNovel1963Love Comes with YouthWriter1963Twin Sisters of KyotoNovel1960The Izu DancerOriginal Story1959Windy StreetNovel1958Woman UnveiledOriginal Story1957Keiko and Yves Get Marriedhimself1957Snow CountryNovel1956Family of SorrowOriginal Story1956A Rainbow at Every TurnNovel1955Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashiNovel1954Mother's First LoveNovel1954Dancing Girls of IzuOriginal Story1954Sound of the MountainNovel1953ReminiscenceNovel1952The Scarlet Gang of AsakusaNovel1951RepastScript Supervisor1951Dancing GirlOriginal Story1936Mr. Thank YouNovel1935Three Sisters with Maiden HeartsOriginal Story1933The Dancing Girl of IzuAuthor1930Asakusa kurenaidanOriginal Story1926A Page of MadnessOriginal Story · Writer