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Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his influence on postcolonial writing

Video. Who is Abdulrazak Gurnah, the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate?

Updated: 08/10/2021 - 10:51 GMT+2

The Nobel Committee have just announced novelist and academic Abdulrazak Gurnah as this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. We reflect on the achievements that got him there.

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