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Yasunari kawabata author yasunari kawabata was born in osaka, japan, in 1899 and before the second world war had established himself as his countrys leading novelist. A winner of the nobel prize in literature in 1968, japanese author yasunari kawabatas novel snow country in japanese, yukiguani was first published in various forms from 1935 through 1947, and comprises a significant part of his body of work. Yasunari kawabata was born in osaka, japan, in 1899 and before the second world war had established himself as his country s leading novelist. Stay tuned for more japanese literature videos in the coming months. Nobel prize recipient yasunari kawabatas snow country is widely considered to be the writers masterpiece, a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty of western japan. Oct 15, 2011 in snow country, however, kawabata turns his keen gaze on a small mountain village in the snow country of niigata prefecture, a region on the west side of the japan alps that is referred to as such due to its heavy winter precipitation. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The film stars emily browning as a young university student.