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Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)
Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)
OccupationNovelist
NationalityBritish
Period1981-present
Notable worksThe Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro is a JapaneseEnglish novelist. He was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to England in 1960 with his family. Ishiguro got a Bachelor's degree from the University of Kent in 1978 and his Master's from the University of East Anglia in 1980. He has been a British citizen since 1982

Ishiguro is one of the most celebrated fiction writers in the English-speaking world, having received four Man Booker Prize nominations, including winning the 1989 prize for his novel The Remains of the Day. In 2008, The Times put Ishiguro on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".

Just Recently, his novel Never Let Me Go has been adapted to film.

Personal life

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Ishiguro got married in 1986. he lives in London with his wife and daughter Naomi.

Works

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Novels

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Screenplays

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Short fiction

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  • Three short stories in Introduction 7: Stories by New Writers (1981): ‘A Strange and Sometimes Sadness’, ‘Waiting for J’ and ‘Getting Poisoned’
  • A Family Supper - short story first published in 1982
  • Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall (2009)

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