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Kazuo Ishiguro. Sir Kazuo Ishiguro OBE FRSA FRSL ( Japanese: 石黒 一雄, Hepburn: Ishiguro Kazuo, / kæˈzuː.oʊ ˌɪʃɪˈɡuroʊ, ˈkæzu.oʊ /; born 8 November 1954) is a Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Kazuo Ishiguro (born November 8, 1954, Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese-born British novelist known for his lyrical tales of regret fused with subtle optimism. In 2017 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his works that “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 1, 2024 · Kazuo Ishiguro – Booker Prize winner, Nobel Prize winner, one of the most celebrated British novelists of the last 40 years – is the author of the Booker Prizes’ Monthly Spotlight book for March 2024, The Remains of the Day, which won the Prize in 1989 against stiff competition.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 was awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world"
His fourth novel, The Unconsoled, won the 1995 Cheltenham Prize. His latest novel is The Buried Gia. Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ or 石黒 一雄), OBE, FRSA, FRSL is a British novelist of Japanese origin and Nobel Laureate in Literature (2017). His family moved to England in 1960.
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Facts. © Nobel Media AB. Photo: A. Mahmoud. Kazuo Ishiguro. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017. Born: 8 November 1954, Nagasaki, Japan. Prize motivation: “who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”. Prize share: 1/1.
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He has been writing full-time since 1982. In 1983, shortly after the publication of his first novel, Kazuo Ishiguro was nominated by Granta magazine as one of the 20 'Best of Young British Writers'. He was also included in the same promotion when it was repeated in 1993.
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