Japanese-British writer and Nobel Laureate (born 1954) Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded several major literary prizes, including the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world". 274,135 views on October 5, 2017 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: Tom Petty, Mulford Act, 2017 Las Vegas shooting, Blade Runner 2049. Wiki link