You are here: Homepage Tag Literaturnobelpreis Articles Abdulrazak Gurnah was born on the island of Zanzibar in 1948. As a student he fled to England and taught English and postcolonial literature at the University of Kent. Today he lives in Canterbury Photo: Joel Saget / Getty Images Literature | International “Colonialism keeps going” In his books, Abdulrazak Gurnah takes a close-up look at life under colonial rule - and probes both his East African roots and his British homeland. A conversation Interview with Abdulrazak Gurnah 01/09/2023
Abdulrazak Gurnah was born on the island of Zanzibar in 1948. As a student he fled to England and taught English and postcolonial literature at the University of Kent. Today he lives in Canterbury Photo: Joel Saget / Getty Images Literature | International “Colonialism keeps going” In his books, Abdulrazak Gurnah takes a close-up look at life under colonial rule - and probes both his East African roots and his British homeland. A conversation Interview with Abdulrazak Gurnah 01/09/2023
