In this video I discuss Abdulrazak Gurnah's life, novels and why he won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Nobel Literature Prize 2021 winner the Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah, 73 years old. The Swedish Academy praised Abdulrazak Gurnah for his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism". He wins 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.14m / £840,000). His most famous novels are Paradise and Desertion.


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00.00 Intro
00:50 Life
02:30 Novels
09:08 Themes

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