Kazuo Ishiguro

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro OBE (born 8 November 1954) is a British novelist of Japanese origin. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017. He was born in Nagasaki, Japan; his family moved to England in 1960 when he was five.

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro OBE FRSA FRSL
Ishiguro in Stockholm in December 2017
Native name	石黒 一雄 カズオ・イシグロ
Born	(1954-11-08) 8 November 1954 Nagasaki, Japan
Occupation	Novelist short story writer screenwriter columnist songwriter
Residence	London, England
Nationality	English
Citizenship	Japan (until 1983) United Kingdom (since 1983)
Education	University of Kent at Canterbury (BA) University of East Anglia (MA)
Period	1981–present
Genre	Drama Historical fiction Science fiction Genre fiction
Notable works	An Artist of the Floating World The Remains of the Day When We Were Orphans Never Let Me Go
Notable awards	Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize 1982 A Pale View of Hills Whitbread Prize 1985 An Artist of the Floating World Booker Prize 1989 The Remains of the Day Order of the British Empire 1995 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 Order of the Rising Sun 2018 Knight Bachelor 2018
Spouse	Lorna MacDougall ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	Naomi Ishiguro (b. 1992)

His novels include An Artist of the Floating World (1986), When We Were Orphans (2000), and Never Let Me Go (2005). He won the Booker Prize for his 1989 novel The Remains of the Day. The Remains of the Day was later adapted as a movie. The movie came out in 1993. It starred Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards. He was knighted in 2018.

Novels

• A Pale View of Hills (1982)
• An Artist of the Floating World (1986)
• The Remains of the Day (1989)
• The Unconsoled (1995)
• When We Were Orphans (2000)
• Never Let Me Go (2005)
• Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall (2009)
• The Buried Giant (2015)
• Klara and the Sun (2021)