English author, Kazuo Ishiguro has been awarded The Nobel Literature Prize for 2017, the Swedish Academy made the announcement on October 5.
According to Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, Ishiguro won the Nobel for, “In novels of great emotional force, (he) has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world,” reported Deccan Chronicle.
BREAKING NEWS The 2017 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the English author Kazuo Ishiguro pic.twitter.com/j9kYaeMZH6
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 5, 2017
The Academy citation added, Ishiguro has written eight books, several screen plays and short stories, and he is considered to be among the most celebrated contemporary writers.
He earlier had won the Man Booker Prize in 1989 for his novel ‘The Remains of the Day’, which was also adapted for the big screen, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, mentions HT.
Academy also added in a tweet, “The themes 2017 Literature Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro is most associated with are: memory, time, and self-delusion.”
“Ishiguro’s writings are marked by a carefully restrained mode of expression, independent of whatever events are taking place,” the Academy citation said.
The Thursday announcement by Swedish Academy, marked a return to traditional literature following two years of unconventional choices for the 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize.
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and his family moved to the United Kingdom when he was five years old.