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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 was awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world"
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The 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954) "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world." The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy on 5 October 2017.
As of 2023, there have been 29 English-speaking laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature, followed by French with 16 laureates and German with 14 laureates. France has the highest number of Nobel laureates.
The Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded, according to the will of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel, “to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind” in the field of literature.
YearNameCountry*Literary Area2023Norwaynovelist, playwright, poet2022Francenovelist, memoirist2021Tanz.novelist2020U.S.poet- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1958. BORIS LEONIDOVICH PASTERNAK for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition. (Accepted first, later caused by the authorities of his country to decline the prize.) 1957
Oct 5, 2017 · English author Kazuo Ishiguro today won the 2017 Nobel prize in literature. Here’s all you need to know about the British novelist. Early life
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Oct 5, 2017 · Kazuo Ishiguro just won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. The British writer, known best for his novels The Buried Giant, Never Let Me Go, and The Remains of the Day, was announced as...
