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

ReutersPublished: Oct 8, 2021 1:34 AM | Updated: Oct 8, 2021 2:12 AM

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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