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English novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Japanese-born British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, in a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday.
The citation in Ishiguro's prize stated that he "in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."
Ishiguro is getting 9 million crown ($1.1 million) for his prize.
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Ishiguro was born on November 8, 1954 (age 62) in Japan and his family moved to the United Kingdom when he was five years old.
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According to the Swedish Academy, Ishiguro has written eight books, as well as scripts for film and television.
His most renowned novel, ”The Remains of the Day” (1989), was turned into film with Anthony Hopkins as the butler Stevens.
Ishiguro's work is most associated with themes on memory, time, and self-delusion.
His latest novel, “The Buried Giant” (2015) explores how memory relates to oblivion, history to the present, and fantasy to reality.
The award marks a return to a more mainstream interpretation of literature after the 2016 prize went to American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.
The prize is named after dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and has been awarded since 1901 for achievements in science, literature and peace in accordance with his will. ($1 = 8.1083 Swedish crowns) — with Reuters/MDM, GMA News
