Kazuo Ishiguro among 13 contenders for 2021 Booker Prize


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British author Kazuo Ishiguro is nominated for his latest novel 'Klara And The Sun'. Photo: AFP

British author Kazuo Ishiguro could win his second Booker Prize after judges recently named him among 13 finalists on this year's longlist for one of literature's most prestigious awards.

Ishiguro, who first landed the prize in 1989 with The Remains Of The Day as well as the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017, was nominated for his latest novel Klara And The Sun.

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