Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah | |
|---|---|
 Gurnah in March 2022 | |
| Born | 20 December 1948 Sultanate of Zanzibar |
| Education | Canterbury Christ Church University (BA) University of Kent (MA, PhD) |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) |
Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian-born British novelist. He moved to the United Kingdom as a refugee in the 1960s. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021.[1] Most of his novels talked about colonialism and its impact on refugees.[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Flood, Alison (2021-10-07). "Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel prize in literature". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- ↑ "Nobel Literature Prize 2021: Abdulrazak Gurnah named winner". BBC News. 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
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