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.
Since the beginning of this week, the Nobel Prizes Committee has announced that 2021 Nobel Prizeshe’s scattering. The committee so far Nobel Prize in Medicine, Nobel Prize in Physics and Nobel Prize in Chemistryannounced the winners. Now, a new one has been added to them. Today too Nobel Prize in LiteratureIt has been announced who is the author of ‘s cauldron.
In the statements made by the committee, the name of the Nobel Prize for Literature Abdulrazak gurnah was stated. Mentioning why the award went to this writer, the authorities said that the writer from Zanzibar to the fate of refugees They announced that he was deemed worthy of this award for his ability to penetrate. 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 most troubled period of Zanzibar Zanzibar uprisingIt was exactly in his teenage years. After this difficult period going to England and the man of letters who 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
- Admiration for Silence
- Heart of Sand
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