Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro left Nagasaki at age five when his family moved to Surrey. Born in 1954, he first visited Japan again over three decades later, and currently lives in London.
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Kazuo Ishiguro left Nagasaki at age five when his family moved to Surrey. Born in 1954, he first visited Japan again over three decades later, and currently lives in London.
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Linton Kwesi Johnson was born in 1952 in Chapelton, a small rural town in Jamaica. He moved to London at the age of 11 to join his mother who had immigrated two years earlier.
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Anthony Joseph (1966– ) is an unmatched presence in contemporary literature, touted as ‘the leader of the black avant-garde in Britain’ and nominated…
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Jackie Kay Biography Writing Since her first attempt at writing a novel aged twelve – One Person, Two Names – Kay has written a myriad of works for adults and children: twoRead More…
Mimi Khalvati was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1944 and moved to the Isle of Wight, England, when she was six years old. She grew up on the Isle of Wight…
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Born in London to a Kashmiri father and a British mother, Hari Kunzru (1969– ) is a British novelist and journalist. He began his writing career in journalism…
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Kwame Kwei-Armah was born in Hillingdon, London in 1967 to parents from Grenada. He grew up in Southall and observed fraught relationships between the communities…
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Christy Lefteri was born in 1980 to refugees who escaped Cyprus following the partition of 1974. Raised in London, she released her first novel A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible…
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Andrea Levy was born in London in 1956, and describes herself as ‘a Londoner.’ Her parents were from Jamaica: her father came to England on the Empire Windrush in 1948.
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A journalist at The Financial Times by day, Gautam Malkani is the author of the highly-anticipated Londonstani. Born to a Ugandan mother of Indian descent […]
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