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Ishiguro

American  
[ish-ee-goor-oh] / ˌɪʃ iˈgʊər oʊ /

noun

  1. Kazuo born 1954, English novelist, born in Japan.


Ishiguro British  
/ ˌɪʃɪˈɡʊrəʊ /

noun

  1. Kazuo (kætˈzuːəʊ). born 1954, British novelist, born in Japan. His novels include An Artist of the Floating World (1986), the Booker-prizewinning The Remains of the Day (1989), and Never Let Me Go (2005)

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"Whether HSF5 shares similar functions with other Heat Shock Factors, or exhibits entirely different functions poses an intriguing question, and addressing this question was the original intension our study." explains Professor Ishiguro.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

Japanese novelist Kazuo Ishiguro once told The Paris Review that idealistic people become misanthropes when they’re let down two or three times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024

The rich world that manga author Masakazu Ishiguro has created is breathtaking to behold in animated form.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

Kazuo Ishiguro had only just come out with his first novel, A Pale View of the Hills, with Remains of the Day, his moving portrait of a butler in class-obsessed Britain, another six years away.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

Directed by Oliver Hermanus, from a screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro, based on the film “Ikira” by Akira Kurosawa.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2023

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