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Japan: Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972), novelist and essayist, smoking a cigarette, Ueno, c. 1932

Yasunari Kawabata (11 June 1899 16 April 1972) 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.<br/><br/> . His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.

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Title: Japan: Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972), novelist and essayist, smoking a cigarette, Ueno, c. 1932

Caption: Yasunari Kawabata (11 June 1899 16 April 1972) 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.

. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely read.

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