The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2017 is awarded to the English author Kazuo Ishiguro ‘who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world,’" the academy’s statement read.
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According to the statement, Ishiguro's works reveals "the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."
2017 Literature Laureate and English author Kazuo Ishiguro, born on November 8, 1954 (age 62) in Nagasaki, Japan #NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/PBV4edHJzX
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Ishiguro, 62, was born in Nagasaki, Japan but later moved with his family to England. He is considered to be one of the most celebrated British authors of his generation, having won Man Booker Prize for a renowned novel The Remains of the Day.
