The 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Japanese-English writer Kazuo Ishiguro

The 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to 62-year-old novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, a Japanese-born British. According to Sara Danius - Swedish Academy Secretary, Kazuo Ishiguro's literature " awakens the deep, mysterious corner of us in relation to the world".

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Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Japan and moved to England to live in 1960. In 1989, Kazuo Ishiguro won the Man Booker Prize with The Remains of the Day. This novel was later adapted into a film with the participation of two veteran actors Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. This film received 8 Oscar nominations.

In addition, he is the writer of The Gourmet, A Profile of Arthur J. Mason, The Saddest Music in the World and The White Countess.

Author Kazuo Ishiguro.

In 2008, Kazuo Ishiguro was listed as one of the 50 greatest writers in England since 1945 by Times magazine.

Some of his works have been published in Vietnam, Forever, not far from me, Giants overslept, Nocturnal: Five stories about music and nightfall .

Kazuo Ishiguro will be awarded 9 million krona worth of Sweden (over 1.1 million USD).