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5 Oct, 2017 11:17

Japanese-born Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Japanese-born Kazuo Ishiguro has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for uncovering “the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. The 9 million Swedish krona ($1.1 million) award marks a return to a more mainstream interpretation of literature after the 2016 prize went to American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, Reuters said.

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