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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] His novels include Paradise (1994), which was shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whitbread Prize; By the Sea ...
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- Nobel Prize in Literature (2021)
- Novelist, professor
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. Gurnah was born to a Muslim family of Yemeni descent in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, an island ...
Photo: Stefan Bladh. Abdulrazak Gurnah. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021. Born: 1948. Prize motivation: “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”. Prize share: 1/1.
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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Dec 7, 2021 · 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. On all publications in full or in major ...
Oct 8, 2021 · Abdulrazak Gurnah was in the kitchen of his Canterbury home making a cup of tea on Thursday when he received the call telling him he had won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. The 72-year-old ...
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