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Kazuo Ishiguro

Autor/a de Never Let Me Go

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Sobre l'autor

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan on November 8, 1954. In 1960, his family moved to England. He received a bachelor's degree in English and philosophy from the University of Kent in 1978 and a master's degree in creative writing from the University of East Anglia in 1980. He became a mostra'n més British citizen in 1982. His first novel, A Pale View of Hills, received the Winifred Holtby Award from the Royal Society of Literature. His second novel, An Artist of the Floating World, received the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 1986. His third novel, The Remains of the Day, received the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1989 and was adapted into a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. His other works include The Unconsoled, When We Were Orphans, Never Let Me Go, Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall, and The Buried Giant. He was awarded the OBE in 1995 for services to literature and the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 1998. He received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. He has also written several songs for jazz singer Stacey Kent and screenplays for both film and television. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

Obres de Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go (2005) — Autor — 22,317 exemplars
El que resta del dia (1989) 15,940 exemplars
Quan érem orfes (2000) 5,456 exemplars
The Buried Giant (2015) 4,916 exemplars
Klara and the Sun (2021) 4,371 exemplars
An Artist of the Floating World (1986) 3,802 exemplars
Els Inconsolables (1995) 3,489 exemplars
A Pale View of Hills (1982) 2,933 exemplars
Nocturns (2009) 2,180 exemplars
Come Rain or Come Shine (2019) 75 exemplars
The White Countess [2005 film] (2005) — Screenwriter — 52 exemplars
The Saddest Music in the World [2003 film] (2003) — Screenwriter — 41 exemplars
A Village After Dark (2001) 34 exemplars
A Family Supper (2018) 13 exemplars
Crooner (2018) 7 exemplars
Introduction: No. 7: Stories by New Writers (1981) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Malvern Hills (2016) 5 exemplars
Getting poisoned 2 exemplars
Summer After the War (1990) 2 exemplars
Crooner | Nocturne (2020) 2 exemplars
Cellists 2 exemplars
The Unconsoled, Part 1 (1997) 1 exemplars
The Unconsoled, Part 3 (1997) 1 exemplars
The Gourmet 1 exemplars
Vigasztalanok (2021) 1 exemplars
Neutěšenci (2020) 1 exemplars
Pejzaz w kolorze sepii (2017) 1 exemplars
1992 1 exemplars
2005 1 exemplars
October, 1948 1 exemplars
Waiting for J 1 exemplars

Obres associades

The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (1989) — Col·laborador — 423 exemplars
Granta 43: Best of Young British Novelists 2 (1993) — Col·laborador — 176 exemplars
The Remains of the Day [1993 film] (1993) — Original book — 171 exemplars
Granta 7: Best of Young British Novelists (1983) — Col·laborador — 91 exemplars
Never Let Me Go [2010 film] (2010) — Original book — 80 exemplars
Granta 17: While Waiting for a War (1985) — Col·laborador — 80 exemplars
Granta 147: 40th Birthday Special (2019) — Col·laborador — 54 exemplars
Living (2023) — Writer — 15 exemplars
Never Let Me Go (Screenplay) (2011) — Introducció, algunes edicions1 exemplars

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Altres noms
石黒一雄
カズオ・イシグロ
Data de naixement
1954-11-08
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Japó (naixement)
Regne Unit (naturalitzat)
Lloc de naixement
Nagasaki, Japó
Llocs de residència
London, England, UK
Educació
University of Kent (BA | 1978 | English | Philosophy)
University of East Anglia (MA | 1980 | Creative Writing)
Professions
novelista
Relacions
Ishiguro, Naomi (daughter)
Premis i honors
Chevalier de l'Ordre des arts et des lettres (1998)
Order of the British Empire ( [1995])
Granta's Best of Young British Novelists (1983)
Granta's Best Of Young British Novelists (1993)
Premio Mantova (1998)
British Book Awards Author of the Year Shortlist (2006) (mostra-les totes 8)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1989)
Premi Nobel de Literatura (2017)
Agent
Deborah Rogers (Rogers, Coleridge & White)
Biografia breu
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro; (born 8 November 1954) is a British novelist, screenwriter and short-story writer. He was born in Nagasaki, Japan and moved to the United Kingdom in 1960 when he was five.

Ishiguro received four Man Booker Prize nominations and won the award in 1989 for his novel The Remains of the Day. He was knighted in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

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Converses

The Buried Giant a Folio Society Devotees (novembre 28)
Never let me go a Book Fiend (juny 2021)
Group Read, August 2018: An Artist of the Floating World a 1001 Books to read before you die (novembre 2018)
Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 a The Prizes (octubre 2017)
Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel a Book talk (octubre 2017)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE - JANUARY 2015; LIVELY & ISHIGURO a 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (març 2015)
Never Let Me Go - discussed 15/09/10 a Chertsey Bookclub (setembre 2010)
Ishiguro: The Remains of the Day a Author Theme Reads (novembre 2009)
Ishiguro: A Pale View of Hills a Author Theme Reads (novembre 2009)
Group Read 2: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Part 1 a 1001 Books to read before you die (setembre 2009)

Ressenyes

molt interessant malgrat a mi no m'agrada gaire la ficció fantàstica. M'agrada com està escrit amb lectura molt amena
 
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Martapagessala | Hi ha 206 ressenyes més | Jul 24, 2022 |
KAZUO ISHIGURO ES UN DELS ESCRIPTORS MES CELEBRES DELS NOSTRES TEMPS, ENS PRESENTA EL SEU PRIMER CICLE DE NOVEL-LES BREUS: CINC HISTORIES QUE ES PODEN LLEGUIR COM A ESTUDIS I VARIACIONS SOBRE UNS QUANTS TEME, O COM UN CONCERT QUE ELS EXPOSA EN EL PRIMER MOVIMENT, ELS COMBINA EN ELS SEGUENTS I ELS RESOL EN L'ULTIM.
 
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TORTOSAGUARDIA | Hi ha 100 ressenyes més | Mar 17, 2022 |
Uns nois en un internat que poc a poc sabran la veritat del seu destí.
 
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marialluisa | Hi ha 925 ressenyes més | Apr 11, 2017 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
47
També de
12
Membres
65,917
Popularitat
#210
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
2,353
ISBN
902
Llengües
39
Preferit
377
Quant a
3
Pedres de toc
2,900

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