LONDON -- Nagasaki-born British author Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, received honorary citizen awards from the prefectural and city governments of Nagasaki on Tuesday.
The 63-year-old novelist was born in Nagasaki in 1954 and migrated to Britain at the age of 5 due to his father's work.
The prefectural and city governments selected the Nobel Prize laureate as an honorary citizen in March.
Ishiguro was presented with certificates at the award ceremony held in London on Tuesday.
Ishiguro said the awards from the prefecture and city stand out among the many prizes he has earned in the past. The novelist also said that walking steep hills in France and other places always reminds him of Nagasaki, and Nagasaki will remain a part of him.
Nagasaki Gov. Hodo Nakamura said at the ceremony that citizens of the prefecture are proud of Ishiguro, and that the author has inspired the hopes and dreams of children. Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, who was also present at the ceremony, said he hopes Ishiguro will visit Nagasaki and attend the memorial ceremony on Aug. 9 to mark the anniversary of its atomic bombing in World War II.
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