Kazuo Ishiguro (Kazuo Ishiguro / Facebook)

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He is a Japanese-born British novelist, screenwriter and musician

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Born in Nagasaki, Japan in 1954, he moved to England with his family at the young age of five.

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His early novels, like "A Pale View of Hills" and "An Artist of the Floating World," delve into themes of Japanese identity and memory.

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Ishiguro has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize four times, winning it in 1989 for "The Remains of the Day."

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In 2017, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Ishiguro has also written screenplays and short stories.

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He received an Academy Award nomination for the adapted screenplay of "Living" (2022).

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