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Kazuo Ishiguro

1954 - Today

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Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (Japanese: 石黒 一雄, Hepburn: Ishiguro Kazuo; ; born 8 November 1954) 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". Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to Britain in 1960 with his parents when he was five. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazuo Ishiguro is the 603rd most popular writer (down from 536th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Japan (down from 75th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Writer.

Kazuo Ishiguro is most famous for his novel The Remains of the Day, which was turned into a movie in 1993. The novel is about a butler who spends his life serving an English lord.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kazuo Ishiguro ranks 603 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Burns, Bell hooks, Gustav Meyrink, Paul Lafargue, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Alfred de Musset. After him are Ausonius, Lion Feuchtwanger, Bert Hellinger, Ellen G. White, Dino Buzzati, and Titus Pomponius Atticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Kazuo Ishiguro ranks 23. Before him are Jim Belushi, Fernando Santos, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Mario Kempes, Dieter Bohlen, and João Lourenço. After him are Oprah Winfrey, Serzh Sargsyan, Ray Liotta, Peter J. Ratcliffe, Stieg Larsson, and Jeffrey Sachs.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuo Ishiguro ranks 77 out of 6,245. Before him are Soichiro Honda (1906), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Kenzō Tange (1913), Nichiren (1222), Tomoe Gozen (1157), and Emperor Annei (-577). After him are Shirō Ishii (1892), Sei Shōnagon (966), Emperor Momozono (1741), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Yoichiro Nambu (1921), and Toyotomi Hideyori (1593).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Kazuo Ishiguro ranks 11. Before him are Yasunari Kawabata (1899), Murasaki Shikibu (973), Osamu Dazai (1909), Kenzaburō Ōe (1935), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), and Natsume Sōseki (1867). After him are Sei Shōnagon (966), Kōbō Abe (1924), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Masaru Emoto (1943), and Kobayashi Issa (1763).

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