Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian-born British novelist and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate renowned for his works exploring themes of colonialism, displacement, and migration.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abdulrazak Gurnah canonical | 9 |
| Gurnah | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Literature
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human ⓘ novelist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Booker Prize
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Booker Prize nomination
Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Tanzania
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| continentOfOrigin | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Tanzania ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-12-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Kent ⓘ |
| employer | University of Kent ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Swahili language
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Swahili
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| familyName |
Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Gurnah
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| fieldOfWork |
literature
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postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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historical novel ⓘ postcolonial fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Abdulrazak ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | postcolonialism ⓘ |
| name | Abdulrazak Gurnah self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Tanzanian-born British ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting the effects of colonialism in East Africa ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Admiring Silence
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Afterlives ⓘ By the Sea ⓘ Desertion ⓘ Paradise ⓘ |
| occupation |
literary critic
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novelist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Zanzibar ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of English ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Canterbury ⓘ |
| writingTheme |
colonialism
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displacement ⓘ exile ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ migration ⓘ |
| yearAwarded | 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
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