Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948). Abdulrazak Gurnah was born on 20 December 1948 in what is now Tanzania. Abdulrazak Gurnah is remembered as a novelist, university teacher and prose writer, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Tanzania. Notable works include “Desertion”, “Paradise” and “Gravel Heart”. Positions held included Booker Prize judge.
Before and after
- 3 December 1948Birth of Ozzy Osbourne
- 6 December 1948Birth of Yoshihide Suga
- 9 December 1948Genocide Convention
- 10 December 1948Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 20 December 1948Birth of Abdulrazak Gurnah
- 21 December 1948Birth of Samuel L. Jackson
- 1 January 1949Establishment of Tatra National Park
- 1949Establishment of Mount Kenya National Park
- 1949Creation of assembly language
More in Art, literature & culture
- 17 August 1945Publication of Animal Farm
- 1949Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
- c. 1950sRise of pop art
- 1960Construction of Aswan Dam
- 2004Construction of Cam Ranh International Airport
- from 24 September 2007 to 16 May 2019Premiere of The Big Bang Theory
The era
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