Nobel Prize In Literature 2021 Awarded To Abdulrazak Gurnah From Tanzania

WORLD Team Latestly| Oct 08, 2021 10:45 AM IST
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On October 7, Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian writer was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy said Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.” Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in Zanzibar in 1948. He is based in England and is a professor at the University of Kent. Gurnah is the author of 10 novels, including “Paradise,” which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994. Watch the video to know more.

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