📖 Yasunari Kawabata

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📝 Introduction

A writer and literary critic standing at the pinnacle of modern Japanese literature, the first Japanese writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Yasunari Kawabata was a literary master active in the Japanese literary world from the Taisho to the Showa era, and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968. With his profound understanding of beauty, exceptional sensitivity, and elegantly poignant writing style, he depicted the Japanese perspective on life and death as well as aesthetic consciousness, earning the affection of readers around the world. Most of his novels are based on his own life experiences, using themes of love, death, and tragedy, leaving behind many classic works for future generations. On April 16, 1972, this great writer, who devoted his entire life to creation, suddenly took his own life without leaving a word behind. The true motive behind Kawabata's suicide remains an unsolved mystery to this day.

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A writer and literary critic standing at the pinnacle of modern Japanese literature, active in the Japanese literary world from the Taisho to the Showa era. He is renowned worldwide for works such as "The Dancing Girl of Izu" (伊豆の踊子), "Snow Country" (雪国), "The Sound of the Mountain" (山の音), and "The Old Capital" (古都). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, becoming the first Japanese writer to receive this honor.