Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday.

Gurnah, whose novels include “Paradise” and “Desertion”, writes in English and lives in Britain.

The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.

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