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Iranian writers welcome Nobel prize for Kazuo Ishiguro 07 Oct 2017

Iranian writers welcome Nobel prize for Kazuo Ishiguro

TEHRAN – Iranian writers are happy with the Swedish Academy’s decision to present the Nobel prize in literature to Japanese-born Briton Kazuo Ishiguro who has been introduced to Persian readers with nine of his novels. The writers spoke to some Persian news agencies, commenting on the decision and Ishiguro on Thursday just hours after the […]

Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel prize in literature 05 Oct 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel prize in literature

The English author Kazuo Ishiguro has been named winner of the 2017 Nobel prize in literature, praised by the Swedish Academy for his “novels of great emotional force”, which it said had “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”. With names including Margaret Atwood, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Haruki Murakami leading […]