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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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Literature
human
novelist
writer
activePeriod 21st century
late 20th century
awardReceived Booker Prize
surface form: Booker Prize nomination

Nobel Prize in Literature
citizenship Tanzania
United Kingdom
continentOfOrigin Africa
countryOfBirth Tanzania
dateOfBirth 1948-12-20
educatedAt University of Kent NERFINISHED
employer University of Kent NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Swahili language
surface form: Swahili
familyName Abdulrazak Gurnah self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gurnah
fieldOfWork literature
postcolonial literature
genre fiction
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
Afterlives
By the Sea
Desertion
Paradise
occupation literary critic
novelist
university professor
placeOfBirth Zanzibar
positionHeld Professor of English
religion Islam
residence Canterbury
writingTheme colonialism
displacement
exile
identity
memory
migration
yearAwarded 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Abdulrazak Gurnah familyName Abdulrazak Gurnah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gurnah
Queens’ College, Cambridge hasAlumni Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah name Abdulrazak Gurnah self-link