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Tag: Kazuo Ishiguro Nobel Literature Prize

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 23:59 UTC

    Nobel Prizes criticize current US policy during the awards gala banquet

    The 2018 federal budget proposed by President Donald Trump calls for cutting science funding by billions of dollars

    A United States researcher who shared this year's Nobel Prize for medicine bluntly criticized political developments in the US in his address at the awards' gala banquet Sunday night. Michael Rosbash, who was honored for his work on circadian rhythms — commonly called the body clock — expressed concern that U.S. government support such as that received by him and colleagues Jeffrey Hall and Michael Young is endangered.

  • Friday, October 6th 2017 - 09:40 UTC

    Japanese born British novelist Ishiguro wins the Nobel Literature Prize

     “Kazuo is a very interesting writer in many ways,” said Sara Danius, the academy’s permanent secretary.

    Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-born British novelist best known for “The Remains of the Day,” won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday. The selection of the 62-year-old Ishiguro marked a return to traditional literature following two years of unconventional choices by the Swedish Academy for the 9-million-kronor (US$1.1 million) prize.