Kazuo Ishiguro is the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, the awarding Swedish Academy said Thursday. “In British and Japanese society, the ability to control emotions is considered dignified and elegant,” Ishiguro told The Times in 1990. Last year, the Nobel in literature was awarded to American musician Bob Dylan, citing his work as poetry. Instead, she focused on Ishiguro’s work. But it was when he turned to England that Ishiguro’s work found its center.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 05, 2017 11:14 UTC