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Kazuo Ishiguro

British novelist (born 1954) · United Kingdom · Writers

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Sir Kazuo Ishiguro 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, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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2025Companion of HonourAward2019Bodley MedalAward2018Knight BachelorAward2017Nobel Prize in LiteratureAward2015“I don't really like to work with literary allusions very much.”In their words1 May 2015Rukeyser, Rebecca. "Kazuo Ishiguro: Mythic Retreat" guernicamag.com interview. 1 May 2015.

2013Helmerich AwardAward2005“If you go to Tokyo, I think it becomes very obvious that there's this almost seamless mixture of popular culture and Japanese traditional culture.”In their words5 October 2005SPIEGEL Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro: "I Remain Fascinated by Memory", Der Spiegel, 5 October 2005.

2001“I have a sense of having just left without saying goodbye, and of this whole other world just kind of fading away.”In their wordsMay 2001On growing up in England, having left Japan at age 5. Conversation with , The Writer, volume 114, number 5, May 2001, collected in

1998Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAward1995Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1989“After all, there's no turning back the clock now. One can't be forever dwelling on what might have been.”In their words, Faber and Faber, 1989, page 251 (ISBN 9780571200733).

“Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically.”In their words, Faber and Faber, 1989, page 258 (ISBN 9780571200733).

Booker PrizeAwardFellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1986Costa Book AwardsAward1954Born8 November 1954

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Ishiguro (front) with the cast of the Never Let Me Go film in 2010Ishiguro (front) with the cast of the Never Let Me Go film in 2010Kazuo Ishiguro at the press conference in Stockholm 6 December 2017Kazuo Ishiguro at the press conference in Stockholm 6 December 2017Kazuo Ishiguro with the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sara DaniusKazuo Ishiguro with the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius

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  1. I don't really like to work with literary allusions very much.

    May 1, 2015, Rukeyser, Rebecca. "Kazuo Ishiguro: Mythic Retreat" guernicamag.com interview. 1 May 2015., Own words

  2. If you go to Tokyo, I think it becomes very obvious that there's this almost seamless mixture of popular culture and Japanese traditional culture.

    Oct 5, 2005, SPIEGEL Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro: "I Remain Fascinated by Memory", Der Spiegel, 5 October 2005., Own words

  3. I have a sense of having just left without saying goodbye, and of this whole other world just kind of fading away.

    May 2001, On growing up in England, having left Japan at age 5. Conversation with , The Writer, volume 114, number 5, May 2001, collected in, Own words

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Awards

Companion of Honour2025
Bodley Medal2019
Knight Bachelor2018
Nobel Prize in Literature2017
Helmerich Award2013
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres1998
Officer of the Order of the British Empire1995
Booker Prize1989
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature1989
Costa Book Awards1986
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Order of the Rising Sun

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Sir Kazuo Ishiguro 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, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1954 · age 71

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