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Abdulrazak Gurnah
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Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. His novels include Paradise (1994), which was shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whitbread Prize; By the Sea (2001), which was longlisted for the Booker and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Desertion (2005), shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
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Birth
1948
Death
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First book
1987
Years writing
39
Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom as a refugee in the 1960s.
His work explores the effects of colonialism and the refugee experience with deep compassion.
He is an Emeritus Professor of English and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent.
His acclaimed novel Paradise was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Prize.
In 2021, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his significant literary contributions.