Kawabata Yasunari

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Born	June 11, 1899 • Ōsaka • Japan
Died	April 16, 1972 (aged 72) • Japan
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1968)
Notable Works	“Snow Country” • “The Sound of the Mountain” • “Thousand Cranes”

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Günter Grass

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