Biography
Combining different cultures in creativity can create an ideal balance and uniqueness. It is thanks to the merger of Eastern and Western heritage in his works Japanese writer Kadzuo Isiguro, who grew up in England, reached popularity not only in his homeland, but also around the world. The author became a laureate of the Nobel Prize for merits in literature in 2017.
Biography Kadzuo Ishiguro began in the Japanese city of Nagasaki on November 8, 1954. At that time, the country was in an economic crisis based on losing in World War II. The father of the boy, Sizouo, a promising oceanographer, decided to immigrate with his family to England.
When the little Kazuo was 6 years old, he with his parents moved to the southern English city of Gilford with a population of 125 thousand people. Sizho immediately found a job at the Institute of Oceanography, and his son went to his studies at primary school.
After receiving secondary education, the young Japanese took leave from study and went on a journey around the world - he spent in America and Canada. At that time, Kadzuo was fond of music and even released several collections that did not achieve great success.
Returning to the UK, the guy successfully passed the entrance exams at the Kent University, where he studied philosophy and English until 1978. Five years later, Ishiguro received the title of British subjects. For the first time, Kazuo arrived in Japan only 30 years after emigration as a member of the program to visit the native land.
Books
The first published works of the novice writer became stories issued in 1981. And after 2 years, his debut was held as a novelist with a book "Where in the Hills smoke." For a work that tells about the widow named Etsuko living in England and suffering from memories of suicide daughter and tragedy in Nagasaki, Kazuo received a reward as the best novice British writer. The debut work of the young author was translated into 13 languages.
His next novel got the name of the "artist of the Spoty World" and came out in 1986. It was discussed about modern Japanese and their attitude to the events of the Second World War. The main character, which is a tary patriot, disappointed in the government and began to look for a new meaning in the surrounding reality. The work declared the Britain's book.
One of the most famous novels of Isaguro "Balance of the Day", published in 1989, tells about the elderly English servant James Stevens. The man recalls the 30s of the 20th century, when he worked at the successful diplomat of Lord Darlington, supporting fascism. Butler, all his life is a plowing owner and agreed with any of his opinion, changes his worldship and tries to find a personal life, but does it too late.
The screening of the novel was published 4 years later, the main roles played talented Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins. Melodrama received 8 nominations for the Oscar Prize and a number of other prestigious awards.
Different from previous on style, filing and structure, the next book was printed in 1995. "Careless" is something among the average between the collection of stories and a full-fledged work, which is why it is considered the most difficult in the writer's bibliography. Events unfold in an unnamed European country at present, whereas in all past works focused on the past.
After 5 years, Kazuo releases his next novel called "When we were orphans." The action of the book takes place at the beginning of the 20th century in the Chinese city of Shanghai. The main character of the work is a private owner engaged in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of his own father and the mother, which occurred 20 years ago. In this paper, the author is again inspired by the aesthetics of the past.
To write the 6th Roman Isiguro again required for 5 years - in 2005 it comes out "Do not let me go", awarded a bucker premium and a place in the list of "100 best English novels of all time" according to the prestigious magazine "Time".
The film of the same name from Cary Malligan, Andrew Garfield and Keera Knightley starved in 2010 and received positive feedback critics and spectators. In a fantastic drama, it was about children-clones, which contained in a special boarding school with many rules to receive donor organs. They themselves did not know about their destination, but one day it was time to get out of the walls of the institution to get acquainted with the world outside.
The seventh Roman Kadzuo Isyiguro saw the light only in 2015 and got the name "buried Giant". This time the writer turned to the genre of fantasy, and medieval England served as inspiration. The main characters of the book, the senior spouses Axel and Beatrice, went in search of the Son missing several years ago and on the way faced with incredible adventures, full of dangers and riddles. The situation aggravates the mysterious fog, which makes you forget the last resident time.
Personal life
Kadzuo Isyiguro has a wife Lorna McDougall, with which it is married since 1986.
Their acquaintance occurred in one of the shelters for animals in the London district of Notting Hill, where young people were social workers. A married couple happily live in the capital of Great Britain along with Naomi daughter.
The man, who did not become a musician, was still able to realize himself in a song creativity - he became the author of the words for several compositions of the jazz singer Stacy Kent - Breakfast On The Morning Tram 2007 and The Changing Lights 2013.
Kazuo Isiguro now
Now the Japanese, writing the "british novel", lives in London and continues his writing activities.
It is not known whether a new novel will be released in 2019 or later, but, based on past positive experience, it is obvious that the book will become another bestseller. Isiguro is an active user of Facebook's social network, where he lays out a photo from personal and professional life.
Bibliography
- 1982 - "Where in the Hills smoke"
- 1986 - "Artist of the Szybny World"
- 1989 - "Balance of the Day"
- 1995 - "Careless"
- 2000 - "When we were orphans"
- 2005 - "Do not let me go"
- 2015 - "Buried Giant"