Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Alternate names: Ishiguro Kazuo; K. Ishiguru; Ishiguro; ISHIGURO K; Ishigüro, Kazüo; Išigüro, Kazüo; カズオ・イシグロ; カズオイシグロ; 石黒 一雄; 石黒一雄; 石黑一雄; 가즈오 이시구로; קאזואו אישיגורו
Title: 1954-
Born: 8 November 1954
Bio: Sir Kazuo Ishiguro OBE FRSA FRSL (/kæˈzuːoʊ ˌɪʃɪˈɡʊəroʊ, ˈkæzuoʊ -/ kaz-OO-oh ISH-ig-OOR-oh, KAZ-oo-oh -⁠; born 8 November 1954) is an English novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to Britain in 1960 with his parents when he was five.

He is one of the most critically-acclaimed and praised contemporary fiction authors writing in English, being awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its 2017 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". [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuo_Ishiguro)