Nobel Prize Winner Announced

The Nobel Committee has announced the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. In the statements made, it was stated that the Zanzibar writer Abdulrazak Gurnah was deemed worthy of the award. In addition to the award, Gurnah also received $ 1.1 million.
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The Nobel Prizes Committee has been handing out the 2021 Nobel Prizes since the beginning of this week. The committee has so far announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Now, a new one has been added to them. Today, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature has been announced.

In the statements made by the committee, it was stated that Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Mentioning why the award went to this writer, the authorities announced that the Zanzibarian writer was deemed worthy of this award because he could influence the fate of refugees. It was also stated that this author described the effects of colonialism in a striking way. With this award, Gurnah; It also earned $1.1 million.

Who is Abdulrazak Gurnah?

Abdulrazak Gurnah, who opened his eyes in 1948, has a very shaky life. Because the Zanzibar Uprising, which was the most troubled period of Zanzibar, coincided with his youth. After this difficult process, the man of letters, who went to England and completed his education there, was able to shed light on the differences between countries in the books he wrote.

Some of Abdulrazak Gurnah’s popular books published in Turkey:

  • Heaven
  • Abandonment
  • Last Gift
  • Adoration of Silence
  • Heart of Sand

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