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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-born British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-born British novelist known for his lyrical tales of regret infused 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.’
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"
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.
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.
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.
