Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel prize in literature 2017. (Source: KXM/ YouTube) Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel prize in literature 2017. Far from the super-star status that his erstwhile compatriot – and perpetual Nobel favourite – Haruki Murakami enjoys, Ishiguro is not a household name in Japan. Japanese newspapers carried his Nobel win as front-page news, describing him as a Nagasaki native who had obtained British citizenship as an adult. The country similarly celebrated with gusto the 2014 Nobel Prize co-winner in physics, American Shuji Nakamura, despite his having abandoned his Japanese nationality years ago.

Source: Indian Express October 06, 2017 07:02 UTC