The Nobel Prize in Literature went to Abdul Razzaq Gurnah, a 73-year-old Tanzanian novelist.
According to the details, the Swedish Academy of Nobel Prize has announced to give the Nobel Prize for Literature of the year 2021 to the Tanzanian writer Abdul Razzaq Garnah.
Abdul Razzaq, a British author of Tanzanian descent, has written ten novels. The mother tongue was Swahili.
According to the Nobel Prize Committee, Abdul Razzaq was selected for the Nobel Prize for Literature for his eloquent description of the effects of colonialism on civilizations and the suffering of refugees on different continents.
Gurnah was born on the island of Zanzibar in 1948, and immigrated to the UK as a refugee in the late 1960s. He studied and worked in the UK, where he became a professor of literature at the university. Prior to retirement, he was Professor of English and Post-Colonial Literature at the University of Kent, Canterbury.
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The 2021 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the novelist 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.” pic.twitter.com/zw2LBQSJ4j– The Nobel Prize (obNobelPrize) October 7, 2021
Abdul Razzaq has published ten novels and short story books, most notably his novel Paradise, published in 1994, which was also nominated for a Booker Prize. He drew people’s attention to the problems of the refugees.
Born in the colonial era, the Tanzanian novelist wrote in English, covering topics such as refugee issues, wars, poverty, and the effects of colonialism on cultures. He was the first Tanzanian writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize. Is.
Abdul Razzaq will be awarded the Nobel Prize in December this year, he will also receive about 1.1 million US dollars.