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Summary
Yasunari Kawabata was born on June 11, 1899[1], in Osaka[2]. He died on April 16, 1972[3], in Zushi[4]. He worked as a writer[5], novelist[6], screenwriter[7], and poet[8]. He ranks in the top 0.66% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,636 views/month, #6,554 of 1,000,298).[9]
Notable work: The Dancing Girl of Izu[16], Snow Country[17], Thousand Cranes[18], The Old Capital[19], The House of the Sleeping Beauties[20], The Sound of the Mountain[21]
Award received: Kikuchi Kan Prize[22], Japan Art Academy Prize[23], Noma Literary Prize[24], Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt[25], Officer of Arts and Letters[26], Order of Culture[27], Person of Cultural Merit[28], Mainichi Publication Culture Award[29], Nobel Prize in Literature[30], Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class[31]
Things named for Yasunari Kawabata include Kawabata award[45].
Why It Matters
Yasunari Kawabata has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] He is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Works attributed to him include Snow Country[48], a literary work[49], founded in 1935[50]; The Dancing Girl of Izu[51], a literary work[52]; The House of the Sleeping Beauties[53], a literary work[54]; Thousand Cranes[55], a written work[56]; The Sound of the Mountain[57], a written work[58]; and The Old Capital[59], a literary work[60]. Entities named for him include Kawabata award[45].
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