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LONDON, Oct 10 — Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian-born author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, forged a critically acclaimed 35-year career rooted in colonialism and immigration after arriving in Britain as a refugee. The novelist was born on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, off the...
STOCKHOLM - Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose work focuses on colonialism and the trauma of the refugee experience, on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize.
Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for works exploring the legacies of imperialism on uprooted individuals.
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Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the Nobel Literature Prize for his unflinching portrayal of the effects of colonialism and the trauma of the refugee experience. Gurnah, 72, who grew up on the island of Zanzibar but arrived in England as a refugee in the late 1960s to escape the revolution, is the fifth African to win the Nobel Literature Prize. Abdulrazak Gurnah forged a critically acclaimed 35-year career rooted in colonialism and immigration after arriving in Britain as a refugee. The novelist was born on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, off the coast of east Africa, in...