Abdulrazak Gurnah
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]
Abdulrazak Gurnah | |
|---|---|
 Gurnah in March 2022 | |
| Born | 20 December 1948
(aged 76) 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) |
References
- ↑ Flood, Alison (2021-10-07). "Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel prize in literature" (in en). The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/07/abdulrazak-gurnah-wins-the-2021-nobel-prize-in-literature. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- ↑ "Nobel Literature Prize 2021: Abdulrazak Gurnah named winner" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2021-10-07. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58828947. Retrieved 2021-10-07.