Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese-British novelist; Nobel Prize in Literature 2017.
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- Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (born 8 November 1954, Nagasaki) is a Japanese-British novelist who moved to England with his family in 1960.
- His novels include A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, which won the 1989 Booker Prize, and Never Let Me Go.
- He received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Living (2022).
Key facts
- Born
- 8 November 1954, Nagasaki, Japan; moved to Guildford, England, in 19601
- Selected novels
- A Pale View of Hills, An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go (2005)1
- Prizes
- Booker Prize (1989, The Remains of the Day); Nobel Prize in Literature (2017)1
- Film
- Academy Award nomination, Best Adapted Screenplay, Living (2022)1
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