Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Literature Prize

British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel The Remains of the Day, won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize on October 5, the Swedish Academy said.

Mr. Ishiguro, “in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world,” the Academy wrote.

Sixty four-year-old Mr. Ishiguro was born in Japan and his family moved to the United Kingdom when he was five. His most renowned novel, The Remains of the Day (1989), was turned into film with Anthony Hopkins as the butler Stevens.

The themes of Mr. Ishiguro is most associated with are: memory, time, and self-delusion. Mr. Ishiguro has written eight books, as well as scripts for film and television.

With the dystopian work Never Let Me Go (2005), Mr. Ishiguro introduced a cold undercurrent of science fiction into his work. His latest novel, The Buried Giant (2015) explores how memory relates to oblivion, history to the present, and fantasy to reality.

Weeks of speculation and buzz about the Academy’s pick for 2017 ended on October 5, when its permanent secretary Sara Danius announced the winner.

Kazuo Ishiguro’s most renowned novel, ”The Remains of the Day” (1989), was turned into film with Anthony Hopkins. https://t.co/nW3g3BNfkV

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 5, 2017