Nobel Prize

English The Permanent Secretary Press release 5 October 2017 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 Kazuo Ishiguro The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2017 is awarded to the English author Kazuo Ishiguro “who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”.

English Kazuo Ishiguro was born on November 8, 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan. The family moved to the United Kingdom when he was five years old; he returned to visit his country of birth only as an adult. In the late 1970s, Ishiguro graduated in English and Philosophy at the University of Kent, and then went…

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Announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature to Kazuo Ishiguro, presented by Professor Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 5 October 2017. Interview about the awarded work Following the announcement, Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, was interviewed by journalist Elise Karlsson about the 2017…

French Kazuo Ishiguro est né le 8 novembre 1954 à Nagasaki au Japon. La famille déménage en Grande Bretagne quand il a cinq ans, et ce ne sera qu’à l’âge adulte qu’il revisitera son pays natal. À la fin des années 70, il obtient un diplôme en anglais et philosophie à L’Université de Kent, puis…

Swedish Kazuo Ishiguro är född den 8 november 1954 i Nagasaki i Japan. Familjen flyttade till Storbritannien när han var fem år gammal, och det var först som vuxen han åter besökte sitt födelseland. I slutet av 1970-talet avlade han examen i engelska och filosofi vid University of Kent, därefter studerade han Creative Writing vid…

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Kazuo Ishiguro delivered his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2017 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. English 7 December, 2017 My Twentieth Century Evening – and Other Small Breakthroughs If you’d come across me in the autumn of 1979, you might have had some difficulty placing me, socially or even racially. I was then…

Calligrapher: Susan Duvnäs Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom

French Le 7 décembre 2017 Ma soirée du XXe siècle – et autres petites incursions Si vous m’aviez croisé à l’automne 1979, vous auriez sans doute eu quelques difficultés à définir mon milieu social ou même, mes origines. J’étais alors âgé de 24 ans. J’avais les traits d’un Japonais, mais au contraire de la plupart…