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   May 10, 2024 · Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 1948, Zanzibar (now in Tanzania)) is a Tanzanian-born British author known for his novels about the effects of colonialism, the refugee experience, and displacement in the world. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021.

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   Notable awards. Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) Website. rcwlitagency.com. Abdulrazak Gurnah FRSL (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian-born British novelist and academic. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. [1]

4. www.nytimes.com › 2021/10/07 › booksAbdulrazak Gurnah Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

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   Oct 7, 2021 · 128. The award recognized Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fates of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and...

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   Oct 7, 2021 · Abdulrazak Gurnah has won this year's Nobel Prize in literature. Gurnah has written 10 novels, including Paradise, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images ...

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   The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 was awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents"

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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 1948, Zanzibar (now in Tanzania)) is a Tanzanian-born British author known for his novels about the effects of colonialism, the refugee experience, and displacement in the world. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021.

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   Could Abdulrazak Gurnah be a writer?

   • Growing up in Zanzibar, an archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, Abdulrazak Gurnah never considered the possibility that he might one day be a writer. “It never occurred to me,” he said in an interview. “It wasn’t something you could say as you were growing up, ‘I want to be a writer.’”

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   When did Abdulrazak Gurnah give his Nobel Prize lecture in literature?

   • Abdulrazak Gurnah delivered his Nobel Prize lecture in literature on 7 December 2021. General permission is granted for the publication in newspapers in any language after December 7, 2021, 5:00 p.m. CET. Publication in periodicals or books otherwise than in summary requires the consent of the Foundation.

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   Where did Abdulrazak Gurnah live?

   • The theme of the refugee’s disruption runs throughout Abdulrazak Gurnah's work. He grew up on the island of Zanzibar, but in the 1960s oppression and persecution of citizens of Arab origin forced him to leave the country. Eventually he settled in England. His novels depict a culturally diversified East Africa.

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9. theconversation.com › why-the-work-of-abdulrazakWhy the work of Abdulrazak Gurnah, the champion of heartbreak ...

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   Oct 14, 2021 · The Tanzanian writer, who won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, explores themes of migration, loss, betrayal and colonialism in his fiction. His novels are set in Zanzibar, Tanzania and the Indian Ocean region, and draw on historical and cultural sources.