Gurnah, Tanzanian novelist of colonialism and refuge, wins 2021 Nobel

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Abdulrazak Gurnah is the non-white writer from sub-Saharan Africa ever to win.

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature"for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee," the award-giving body said on Thursday.

Based in Britain and writing in English, Gurnah, 72, joins Nigeria's Wole Soyinka as the only two non-white writers from sub-Saharan Africa ever to win what is widely seen as the world's most prestigious literary award..

 

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