Sir Kazuo Ishiguro OBE FRSA FRSL (/kæˈzuːoʊ ˌɪʃɪˈɡʊəroʊ, ˈkæzuoʊ -/ kaz-OO-oh ISH-ig-OOR-oh, KAZ-oo-oh -; born 8 November 1954) is an English novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to Britain in 1960 with his parents when he was five.
He is one of the most critically-acclaimed and praised contemporary fiction authors writing in English, being awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its 2017 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". source
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Fiction, Literature, English literature, History, Fiction, psychological, Romans, nouvelles, Women, England, fiction, Fiction, general, Ishiguro, kazuo, 1954-, Large type books, Donation of organs, tissues, FICTION / Literary, Ficción, Fiction, science fiction, general, Human cloning, Japanese fiction, Literature, history and criticism, Musical fiction, Musicians, New York Times bestseller, Novela inglesa, Organ donors, Psychological fiction, World War, 1939-1945Places
England, Japan, Angleterre, Great Britain, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-shi (Japan), China, Europe, Japon, Nagasaki (Japon), Norfolk, Shanghai, Shanghai (China), ying guoPeople
Kazuo Ishiguro (1954-)Time
20th century, Allied occupation, 1945-1952, Bombardment, 1945, 1945 (Bombardement), 20e siècle, Anglo-Saxon period, Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066, Late 1990s, xian daiID Numbers
- OLID: OL28493A
- Amazon ID: B000APSEA8
- BookBrainz: 01eff3cb-5313-4757-a643-c458668c7f7c
- GoodReads: 4280
- ISNI: 0000000110812692
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 119484978
- IMDb: nm0410958
- Inventaire: wd:Q272855
- Library of Congress Names: n81151284
- LibraryThing: ishigurokazuo
- MusicBrainz: 48753592-312e-4196-b1d3-db0dd54ebd4c
- Storygraph: d371ad53-6049-44f5-ab27-49b514511c14
- VIAF: 108702574
- Wikidata: Q272855
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- Ishiguro Kazuo
- K. Ishiguru
- Ishiguro
- ISHIGURO K
- Ishigüro, Kazüo
- Išigüro, Kazüo
- カズオ・イシグロ
- カズオイシグロ
- 石黒 一雄
- 石黒一雄
- 石黑一雄
- 가즈오 이시구로
- קאזואו אישיגורו
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