- Japanese novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1968.
- Yasunari (ˌjæsʊˈnɑːrɪ). 1899–1972, Japanese novelist, author of Yukiguni (Snow Country, 1948) and Yama no oto (The Sound of the Mountain, 1954): Nobel prize for literature 1968
Kawabata (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
