...In 1968, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Japanese to do so, for Snow Country and his postwar works Thousand Cranes and The Ancient Capital (1961-62). In his commemorative speech, My Beautiful Japan: An Introduction, he expounded on the essence of Japanese beauty and emptiness that is different from Western nihilism. He committed suicide in his workroom in April 1972. *Some of the terminology used in "My Beautiful Japan - An Introduction" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…この《雪国》と戦後の《千羽鶴》および《古都》(1961‐62)の評価により1968年に日本人最初のノーベル文学賞を与えられた。受賞記念講演《美しい日本の私――その序説》は日本美の精髄と西欧的ニヒリズムと違う虚無を説いた。72年4月に仕事部屋で自殺した。… ※「《美しい日本の私――その序説》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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