doc_text: Japanese writer Kazuo Ishiguro won the 1989 Booker Prize, Britain's top literary award, for his novel "The Remains of the Day," judges announced Thursday.
  The prize is worth $32,000.
  Judges praised the novel, a love story about a butler's English vacation, as "a cunningly structured and beautifully paced performance."
  Other finalists this year were Canadian Margaret Atwood for "Cat's Eye," Irish author John Banville for "Book of Evidence," Scotland's James Kelman for "A Disaffection" and English writers Sybille Bedford for "Jigsaw" and Rose Tremain for "Restoration."
  After receiving the prize, Ishiguro paid tribute to Salman Rushdie, the 1988 runner-up for the award, who went into hiding in February when he was threatened with death by Moslems who said his novel "The Satanic Verses" blasphemed their faith.
  "Now that circumstances have changed, when perhaps it is inconvenient for many people to support his writing, I just felt it was fitting that we should not turn our backs on him," Ishiguro said.
  Rushdie lives in England.
  Ishiguro, 39, arrived in England at age 6 and now lives in south London.
  He writes in English.
  In announcing the winner, the judges said: "`The Remains of the Day' renders with humor and pathos a memorable character and explores the large, vexed themes of class, tradition and duty.
  It was narrowly preferred but universally admired."
  Ishiguro was a finalist for the Booker Prize in 1986 for his novel "An Artist of the Floating World."
  The Booker Prize is sponsored by Booker, an international food and agriculture business.
summary_text: It was announced Thursday that Kazuo Ishiguro won the Booker Prize for his novel "The Remains of The Day".
  The prize is worth 32,000 dollars.
  The winning novel is a love story about a butler's English vacation that explores the provoking themes of class, tradition and duty.
  Ishiguro was born in Japan, and came to England at the age of six He lives in London.
  He was a Booker finalist in 1986.
  In accepting the award, Ishiguro paid tribute to Salman Rushdie, the 1988 runner-up for the Booker, who is now in hiding.