Within Kazuo Ishiguro’s archive are some of his notes on great writers as well as thoughts about films. Some are handwritten while others are typed. Ishiguro has been, in his own words, “putting random, impromptu thoughts of books read (sometimes films seen with particular emphasis on useful lessons, etc, for my own writing.” [Read more…] about Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Notes on some GREAT WRITERS”
Archives for August 2015
Ransom Center to acquire archive of Kazuo Ishiguro
The Ransom Center is acquiring the archive of novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.
Translated into more than 40 languages, Ishiguro’s fiction has received numerous awards, from the Booker Prize for Fiction for “The Remains of the Day” (1989) to the Whitbread Book of the Year award for “An Artist of the Floating World” (1986). [Read more…] about Ransom Center to acquire archive of Kazuo Ishiguro
Throwback Thursday — 1948’s All About H. Hatterr
The Harry Ransom Center recently acquired the papers of the late G. V. Desani, longtime professor of philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. Included is the original manuscript of his most important work, the eccentric novel [Read more…] about Throwback Thursday — 1948’s All About H. Hatterr