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Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

Born 11 June 1899 · Died 16 April 1972

From Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan · Nationality: Japan · Writes fiction

Wikipedia

川端 康成（かわばた やすなり[注釈 2]、1899年〈明治32年〉6月14日 - 1972年〈昭和47年〉4月16日）は、日本の小説家・文芸評論家。日本芸術院会員、文化功労者、文化勲章受章者。1968年に日本人初のノーベル文学賞を受賞した。位階・勲等は正三位・勲一等。大正から昭和の戦前・戦後にかけて活躍した近現代日本文学を代表する作家の一人である。

Quotes

  • “Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon, the moon seen by him becomes him. He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature.”
    Japan, the Beautiful and Myself
  • “Wistaria sprays, as they trail in the breeze, suggest softness, gentleness, reticence. Disappearing and then appearing again in the early summer greenery, they have in them that feeling for the poignant beauty of things long characterized by the Japanese as mono no aware.”
    Japan, the Beautiful and Myself
  • “Maybe vagueness has been good for me. The word means two different things in Tokyo and Osaka, you know. In Tokyo it means stupidity, but in Osaka they talk about vagueness in a painting and in a game of Go.”
    The Master of Go, Chapter 18

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Yasunari Kawabata in order

Books by Yasunari Kawabata in the order they were published, from Snow Country (1937) to Beyond the Rainbow (2023).

  1. 1Snow CountrySnow Country1937
  2. 2The Sound of the MountainThe Sound of the Mountain1954
  3. 3Thousand CranesThousand Cranes1955
  4. 4The Old CapitalThe Old Capital1962
  5. 5The Izu DancerThe Izu Dancer1964
  6. 6Beauty and SadnessBeauty and Sadness1965
  7. 7The Existence and Discovery of BeautyThe Existence and Discovery of Beauty1969
  8. 8The LakeThe Lake1970
  9. 9The Master of GoThe Master of Go1970
  10. 10The Scarlet Gang of AsakusaThe Scarlet Gang of Asakusa2005
  11. 11La casa de las bellas durmientesLa casa de las bellas durmientes2012
  12. 12La Pandilla De AsakusaLa Pandilla De Asakusa2015
  13. 13DandelionsDandelions2017
  14. 14Beyond the RainbowBeyond the Rainbow2023
  15. 15First Snow on FujiFirst Snow on Fuji
  16. 16House of the Sleeping BeautiesHouse of the Sleeping Beauties
  17. 17House of the Sleeping WomenHouse of the Sleeping Women
  18. 18Le Maître ou le tournoi de goLe Maître ou le tournoi de go
  19. 19Lo Bello Y Lo TristeLo Bello Y Lo Triste
  20. 20Palm-of-the-hand StoriesPalm-of-the-hand Stories
  21. 21The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other StoriesThe Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories
  22. 22The Tale of the Bamboo CutterThe Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

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