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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 13:  Author Kazuo Ishiguro from "Never Let Me Go" poses for a portrait during the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival in Guess Portrait Studio at Hyatt Regency Hotel on September 13, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.  (Photo by Matt Carr/Getty Images)

Kazuo Ishiguro

Author of “The Remains of the Day” and “Never Let Me Go” Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

KAZUO ISHIGURO was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. His eight previous works of fiction have earned him many honors around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize. His work has been translated into over fifty languages, and The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, both made into acclaimed films, have each sold more than 2 million copies. He was given a knighthood in 2018 for Services to Literature. He also holds the decorations of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from Japan.

 

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■Nobel Lecture: Kazuo Ishiguro, Nobel Prize in Literature 2017