Snow Country

Snow Country
AuthorYasunari Kawabata
Original titleYukiguni (雪国)
TranslatorEdward Seidensticker
LanguageJapanese
GenreNovel
Publication date
  • 1935–1937 (serialization)
  • 1948
Publication placeJapan
Published in English
1956
Media typePrint (Paperback)
OCLC3623808

Snow Country (雪国, Yukiguni, IPA: [jɯkiꜜɡɯɲi]) is a novel by the Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. The novel is considered a classic work of Japanese literature[1] and was among the three novels the Nobel Committee cited in 1968, when Kawabata was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.[2]

  1. ^ Asenlund, Dan (3 January 2015). "In Kawabata's footsteps to 'Snow Country'". Japan Times. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1968". nobelprize.org. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

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