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Born in Nagasaki, Japan, 1954
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Moved to Britain in 1960
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Obtained BA (Honours) in 1978 from
the University of Kent and MA from the University of East Anglia in 1980
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Began writing in 1981 and
published his first novel in 1982, A Pale View of Hills
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The
Remains of the Day won the Booker Prize in 1989
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His novels have been translated
into 28 different languages
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