Nobel Literature Prize

Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Literature Prize

Gurnah is best known for his 1994 breakthrough novel ‘Paradise,’ set in colonial East Africa during World War I, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction
Born in 1948, Gurnah fled Zanzibar in 1968 following the revolution which led to oppression and the persecution of citizens of Arab origin

By AFP · 07 October 2021