Kazuo Ishiguro

British novelist (born 1954)

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Occupation

Novelist

Born in

Nagasaki

Born

November 8, 1954

Zodiac

Scorpio

26,226

days alive

71

years old

Born
November 8, 1954 in 🇬🇧Nagasaki
Zodiac
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Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its 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".

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Scorpio♏︎

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2021
Day 24,221
Age 66

Release of 'Klara and the Sun'

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Mar 2, 2021

Ishiguro's novel 'Klara and the Sun' is published.

2017
Day 22,700
Age 62

Nobel Prize in Literature

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Jan 1, 2017

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

2015
Day 22,030
Age 60

Publication of 'The Buried Giant'

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Mar 3, 2015

Novel 'The Buried Giant' is published.

2009
Day 19,904
Age 54

Publication of 'Nocturnes'

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May 7, 2009

Short story collection 'Nocturnes' is published.

2005
Day 18,376
Age 50

Publication of 'Never Let Me Go'

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Mar 1, 2005

Novel 'Never Let Me Go' is published.

2000
Day 16,490
Age 45

Publication of 'When We Were Orphans'

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Jan 1, 2000

'When We Were Orphans' is published.

1995
Day 14,664
Age 40

Publication of 'The Unconsoled'

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Jan 1, 1995

Novel 'The Unconsoled' is published.

1992
Day 13,568
Age 37

Daughter Naomi born

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Jan 1, 1992

Daughter Naomi is born.

1989
Day 12,473
Age 34

Booker Prize for 'The Remains of the Day'

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Jan 1, 1989

Wins Booker Prize for 'The Remains of the Day'.

Day 12,473
Age 34

Publication of 'The Remains of the Day'

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Jan 1, 1989

Novel 'The Remains of the Day' is published.

1986
Day 11,377
Age 31

Marriage to Lorna MacDougall

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Jan 1, 1986

Married Lorna MacDougall.

Day 11,377
Age 31

Publication of 'An Artist of the Floating World'

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Jan 1, 1986

Novel 'An Artist of the Floating World' is published.

1982
Day 9,916
Age 27

Publication of 'A Pale View of Hills'

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Jan 1, 1982

Novel 'A Pale View of Hills' is published.

1980
Day 9,185
Age 25

Attends University of East Anglia

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Jan 1, 1980

Studies creative writing at UEA.

1978
Day 8,455
Age 23

Graduates from University of Kent

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Jan 1, 1978

Graduates with a BA in English and Philosophy.

1960
Day 1,880
Age 5

Emigrates to the United Kingdom

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Jan 1, 1960
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1954
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Born in Nagasaki, Japan

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Nov 8, 1954

Born in Nagasaki, Japan.