Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom
Prize motivation: "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."
Prize share: 1/1
Life
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan. When he was five, the family moved to Guildford in Surrey, England, where his father, an oceanographer, had been invited to work at a research institute. In his youth Kazuo Ishiguro first wanted to become a musician, but he studied English and philosophy at the University of Kent and then creative writing at the University of East Anglia, where he earned a master’s degree in 1980. Since then he has worked as a writer. Kazuo Ishiguro is married and has a daughter.
Work
Memory, time and lifelong deception are central themes in Kazuo Ishiguro’s works. Growing up in a Japanese family in Great Britain has colored his thinking and perspectives. His first two novels are set in Japan. His most celebrated work, The Remains of the Day, published in 1989, is about an English butler and his feelings for a housekeeper at the time around World War II. In later works Ishiguro approached genres such as fantasy and science fiction. His language is characterized by restraint, even when dramatic events are portrayed.
作品
记忆、时间和终生欺骗是石黑一雄作品的核心主题。在英国的一个日本家庭中长大，使他的思维和观点变得丰富多彩。他的前两部小说都以日本为背景。他最著名的作品《余生》（The Remains of the Day）于1989年出版，讲述了一个英国管家和他在二战前后对一个管家的感情。在后来的作品中，石黑接近了幻想和科幻小说等类型。他的语言特点是克制，即使在描绘戏剧性事件时也是如此。
