- Awarded the Nobel prize for literature on 5 October 2017.
- Grew up in Guildford, Surrey, where he attracted attention in the neighborhood by being the only Japanese child. In his teens he wanted to be a rock star - in fact, in 1973, Ishiguro worked for a time as a grousebeater for the Queen Mother at Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeen, Scotland - but in 1983 he became a full-time writer.
- Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017.
- He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the British Empire) in the 1995 Queen's Honours List for his services to literature.
- Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994
- One of his teachers in the creative-writing program at the University of East Anglia was Angela Carter.
- His father was born in Shanghai in 1920.
- Came to London with his family in 1960.
- Won the Booker Prize for Fiction for his 1989 novel The Remains of the Day.
- He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Literature. He is an author in London, England.
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