Kazuo Ishiguro

Writing

Born: 1954-11-08
From: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.5

Biography

Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British novelist. Born in Nagasaki, his family moved to England when he was five. He won the Man Booker Prize in 1989 for 'The Remains of the Day'. In 2017 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.

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Awards & Nominations12 won ยท 12 nominated

๐Ÿ† Won

Companion of Honour

2025
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Living

2023
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Klara and the Sun

2022
Nominated

Arthur C. Clarke Award

Klara and the Sun

2022
Nominated

Booker Prize

Klara and the Sun

2021
๐Ÿ† Won

Bodley Medal

2019
๐Ÿ† Won

Knight Bachelor

2018
๐Ÿ† Won

Nobel Prize in Literature

2017
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

The Buried Giant

2016
Nominated

World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

The Buried Giant

2016
Nominated

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature

The Buried Giant

2016
๐Ÿ† Won

Helmerich Award

2013
Nominated

Arthur C. Clarke Award

Never Let Me Go

2006
Nominated

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Never Let Me Go

2006
Nominated

Booker Prize

Never Let Me Go

2005
Nominated

Booker Prize

When We Were Orphans

2000
๐Ÿ† Won

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

1998
๐Ÿ† Won

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

1995
๐Ÿ† Won

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

1989
๐Ÿ† Won

Booker Prize

The Remains of the Day

1989
๐Ÿ† Won

Costa Book Awards

An Artist of the Floating World

1986
Nominated

Booker Prize

An Artist of the Floating World

1986
๐Ÿ† Won

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

๐Ÿ† Won

Order of the Rising Sun