Snow Country Completed in Book Form
Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country took its completed book form after years of serial publication. The novel's restrained portrayal of relationships and landscape became a landmark of modern Japanese literature.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Yasunari Kawabata Biography and Timeline
Follow Yasunari Kawabata through 2 dated historical records for Japan.
Yasunari Kawabata, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
2Distinct records
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1948–1968Years on this page
1948
1968
Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Records, sources and methodology
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