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Kazuo Ishiguro
Writing The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go.
The Remains of the Day · Never Let Me Go
- Born
- 8 November 1954
- Birthplace
- Nagasaki, Japan
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro is a British novelist born in Japan. He received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Early life
Childhood move
Moved to Britain with his family at five.
Writing education
Studied at Kent and completed a creative-writing course at East Anglia.
Career
- 1982
First novel
Published A Pale View of Hills.
- 1989
Booker Prize
Won for The Remains of the Day.
- 2000s onward
New settings
Extended his exploration of memory into speculative fiction.
Selected books
The Remains of the Day
A butler reconsiders a life of service and emotional restraint.
Never Let Me Go
Friends slowly confront the purpose imposed on their lives.
Klara and the Sun
An artificial companion observes human hopes and fears.
Beyond writing
Music
Writes song lyrics and has collaborated with jazz singer Stacey Kent.
Screenwriting
Adapted the screenplay for Living, drawing on Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize: award and biography ↗Photo: Martin Kraft. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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