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Kawabata
““Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.””

Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) was an influential Japanese writer, widely translated and awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born on June 14, 1899, in Osaka, Japan. Orphaned at a young age, he was raised by relatives and ...

Kawabata