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Yasunari Kawabata Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Yasunari Kawabata Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac &  Family

Yasunari Kawabata Facts

Full NameYasunari Kawabata
BirthdateJune 11, 1899
Birth PlaceJapan
Age (in 2024)125 Years Old
ZodiacGemini
OccupationNovelist

Yasunari Kawabata Age & Birthday

Yasunari Kawabata is best known as Novelist who has born on June 11, 1899 in Japan. Currently, Yasunari Kawabata is 125 years, 6 months and 11 days old. Yasunari Kawabata will celebrate 126th birthday on Wednesday, 11th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Yasunari Kawabata upcoming birthday.

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Yasunari Kawabata Biography

About

Remembered for his novels The Old Capital, Thousand Cranes, and Snow Country, this acclaimed writer was the first Japanese citizen to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. A journalist as well as a fiction writer, he was employed by the Tokyo-based Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.

Before Fame

While studying at Tokyo University, he founded a literary journal called Shin-Shichō and published his debut short story, "Shokonsai Ikkei."

Trivia

The music composer Purusha incorporated passages from Kawabata's Palm-of-the-Hand Stories into an electronic track titled "Water Flea."

Family Life

Sadly, his parents had both died by the time he was four, and his grandmother and grandfather died when he was seven and fifteen, respectively. He later married a woman named Hideko.

Associated With

One factor in Kawabata's 1972 apparent suicide may have been the 1970 suicide of his close friend and fellow author, Yukio Mishima.

Top Asked Questions about Yasunari Kawabata

How old is Yasunari Kawabata in 2024?

Yasunari Kawabata is 125 years old today.

When was Yasunari Kawabata born?

Yasunari Kawabata was born on June 11, 1899 in Japan.

What is Yasunari Kawabata zodiac sign?

Yasunari Kawabata zodiac sign is Gemini.

What was Yasunari Kawabata best known for?

Yasunari Kawabata was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Yasunari Kawabata's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Yasunari Kawabata's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

  • Yasunari Kawabata was born on Sunday, 162nd day / 23rd week of 1899
  • Yasunari Kawabata has Gemini zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
  • Roman numeral of Yasunari Kawabata birthday is XI.VI.MDCCCXCIX
  • Yasunari Kawabata's birthstone is Pearl
  • Yasunari Kawabata's birth flower is Rose that symbolize love, gratitude & appreciation
  • Yasunari Kawabata age in year is 125 years old
  • Yasunari Kawabata age in month is 1506 months old
  • Yasunari Kawabata age in day is 45850 days old
  • Yasunari Kawabata age in hour is 1100400 hours old
  • Yasunari Kawabata age in minute is 66024000 minutes old
  • Yasunari Kawabata age in second is 3961440000 seconds old
  • Next Yasunari Kawabata birthday is on Wednesday, June 11th 2025
  • Yasunari Kawabata age in next birthday (2025) is 126 years old

Historical Events on Yasunari Kawabata Birthday (June 11)

Below are historical events that coincided with Yasunari Kawabata's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

YearEvent
1970After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
1971The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
1978Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
1981A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
1987Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
1998Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
2001Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2002Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
2004Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
2007Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
2008Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
2008The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
2010The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa.
2012More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
2013Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It would open exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
1986The birth of Sebastian Bayer, German long jumper
1986The birth of Shia LaBeouf, American actor
1987The birth of Marsel İlhan, Turkish tennis player
1987The birth of Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer
1988The birth of Jesús Fernández Collado, Spanish footballer
1988The birth of Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress, voice actress, singer-songwriter, model, radio host
1989The birth of Maya Moore, American basketball player
1990The birth of Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter
1991The birth of Daniel Howell, English YouTuber
1993The birth of Brittany Boyd, American basketball player
1994The birth of Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
1996The birth of Ayaka Sasaki, Japanese singer
1998The birth of Charlie Tahan, American actor
1999The birth of Eartha Cumings, Scottish footballer
2004The birth of Katrina Scott, American tennis player
2013The death of Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1929)
2014The death of Ruby Dee, American actress (b. 1922)
2014The death of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933)
2014The death of Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1955)
2014The death of Mipham Chokyi Lodro, Tibetan lama and educator (b. 1952)
2014The death of Benjamin Mophatlane, South African businessman (b. 1973)
2014The death of Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (b. 1947)
2015The death of Jim Ed Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
2015The death of Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1930)
2015The death of Ian McKechnie, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2015The death of Ron Moody, English actor and singer (b. 1924)
2015The death of Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (b. 1945)
2016The death of Rudi Altig, German track and road racing cyclist (b. 1937)
2020The death of Stella Pevsner, children's author (b. 1921)
2022The death of Hilary Devey, English businesswoman, television presenter (b. 1957)

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