Kawabata Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers
- Curriculum: Asian History
- Geographical Location: Scandinavia, Stockholm
- Date: December 12, 1968
Article abstract: Catching most Western observers by surprise, the selection of Yasunari Kawabata as the Nobel Prize winner in literature for 1968 ushered in a trend of genuine cosmopolitanism for the West and the Swedish Academy.
Summary of Event
The Nobel Prize in Literature was presented to Yasunari Kawabata on December 12, 1968, by Anders Österling, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. To aid the Westerner unfamiliar either with Kawabata’s work or with Japanese literature in general, Österling pointed out that, for all his peculiarly...
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