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The Nobel Prize for Literature for 2017 has been awarded to British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. (Photo: AP)

Kazuo Ishiguro, an apt choice

The Swedish Academy thinks he is a mixture of Jane Austen and Franz Kafka with a bit of Marcel Proust thrown in.

6 Oct 2017 6:47 PM GMT

Ishiguro left Japan when he was five and moved to Britain, only returning to visit his native land as an adult three decades later. (Photo: AP)

Japan sees a surge in demand for Ishiguro's books

Japan had been pinning its hopes on novelist Haruki Murakami to win Nobel Prize but eagerly claimed link to winner with...

6 Oct 2017 5:19 AM GMT

The London-based author won the Nobel prize for his novel The Remains of the Day, which earlier won the Booker Prize in 1989. (Photo: AFP)

Initially thought it was 'hoax': Kazuo Ishiguro on winning Nobel Prize

The London-based author won the Nobel prize for his novel 'The Remains of the Day', which earlier won the Booker Prize...

5 Oct 2017 1:58 PM GMT

The Nobel Prize for Literature for 2017 has been awarded to British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. (Photo: AP)

Academy awards Kazuo Ishiguro Nobel Literature Prize 2017

The novels of Ishiguro are known for their themes of memory, time, and self-delusion.

5 Oct 2017 11:29 AM GMT