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Author: [Japan] Yasunari Kawabata
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Publish Date: 2002-02-01
Features: Yasunari Kawabata's literature not only combines with the traditions of classical Eastern literature, including Chinese literature, and Japanese literature after the Heian Period, but also has a deep connection with Western literature, including modernism, at the beginning of the "New Sensibility" movement. The substantial link between the long-standing Eastern traditions and Western modernist literature, along with a broad concern for the world, is a characteristic that runs through Kawabata's works. Yasunari Kawabata is the second Eastern writer after Rabindranath Tagore to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and they pioneered the introduction of Eastern literature to the world. When we evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each of Kawabata's works, we cannot overlook the overall significance and value of his literature. That is to say, he established his historical position on the axis of the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, and Western modern culture, and fused them to create literature with Japanese beauty and national identity, thereby placing his work among the ranks of world literature.