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Yasunari Kawabata – Bibliography
Bibliography
Selected books in Japanese Kanjō sōshoku. – Tokyo : Kinseidō, 1926 Izu no odoriko. – Tokyo : Kinseidō, 1927 (1926?) Boku no hyō honshitsu. – Tokyo : Shinchōsha, 1930 Hana aru shashin. – Tokyo : Shinchōsha, 1930 Asakusa kurenaidan. – Tokyo : Senshinsha, 1930 Kinju. – Tokyo : Noda Shobō, 1935 Yukiguni. – Tokyo :…
moreLars Onsager – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Lars Onsager’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1968 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have received the greatest honor in my life – and the greatest surprise. Never did I dream that the Nobel Prize could be awarded for the reciprocal relations. Not that I felt bashful about…
moreYasunari Kawabata – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Yasunari Kawabata’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1968 Your Majesty. Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies the President and the Trustees of the Nobel Foundation, Members of the Royal Swedish Academy, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is the great honor of my life to have been proposed by…
moreRené Cassin – Acceptance Speech
Acceptance speech
René Cassin’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1968 (in French) Majesté, S. Altesse Royale, le Prince héritier, Madame la Princesse Royale, Madame la Présidente, C’est avec une émotion bien compréhensible que je reçois en présence de Votre Majesté, et d’une assistance chaleureuse, le…
moreYasunari Kawabata – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture
English Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1968 (Translation) Japan, the Beautiful and Myself “In the spring, cherry blossoms, in the summer the cuckoo. In autumn the moon, and in winter the snow, clear, cold.” “The winter moon comes from the clouds to keep me company. The wind is piercing, the snow is cold.” The first of…
moreYasunari Kawabata – Nobel Lecture
Nobel Prize lecture