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Jul 26, 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.’
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-born British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors ...
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.
Kazuo Ishiguro has 61 books on Goodreads with 3957409 ratings. Kazuo Ishiguro’s most popular book is Never Let Me Go.
Kazuo Ishiguro is a renowned British novelist. His best books include ‘Never Let Me Go,’ ‘The Remains of the Day,’ and ‘An Artist of the Floating World.’ Ishiguro is known for his relatively straightforward writing style, use of first-person narrators, and desire to explore the human condition.
During his teenage years Kazuo Ishiguro, like many of his peers, became interested in music, and from the age of fifteen began writing songs, inspired by his heroes Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, as well as by the traditional folk songs of America, Scotland and Ireland.
He was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 1998. His work has been translated into over 30 languages. In 2017 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Kazuo Ishiguro lives in London with his wife and daughter.
