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Abdulrazak Gurnah

Tanzanian-born British writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2021) (born 1948)
Person Human Q317877

Facts

30 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[32]
Date of birth
1948, December 20, 1948[8]
Place of birth
Zanzibar City
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom, Tanzania[9][10]
Occupation
novelist, university teacher, prose writer, editing staff, writer, philologist[11]
Employer
University of Kent, Bayero University, Kano
Field of work
postcolonial literature, literary activity, editing[12][13][14]
Position held
Booker Prize judge[15]
Educated at
University of Kent, University of London, Christ Church[16][17]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate of the University of Lleida[27][28][29][30]
Notable work
Desertion, Paradise, Gravel Heart, By the Sea, The Last Gift, Pilgrims Way, Admiring Silence, Dottie, Memory of Departure[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Genre
prose[33]
Nominated for
Booker Prize, Booker Prize[41]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Swahili[42][43]
Academic degree
doctorate[34]
Birth name
Abdulrazak Gurnah[44]
Described by source
Dictionary of African Biography, Contemporary Authors[38][39]
Family name
Gurnah[35]
Given name
Abdulrazak, Abd al-Razzaq, Abdulrazak[36][37]
Image harvest run
pdhero-20261109T032439Z
Image last checked license
CC BY-SA 4.0
Image unavailable reason
no_pd_license
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Artists, WikiProject Tanzania
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Member of
Royal Society of Literature[31]
Name in native language
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Abdulrazak Gurnah, عبد الرزاق سالم قرنح[45][46]
Participant in
Étonnants voyageurs[40]
Represented by
RCW Literary Agency
Start of work period
1987
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Abdulrazak S. Gurnah en Abd al-Razzaq Journa en Abdulrazak Gurnah en Gurnah en Abdul Razzaq Gurnah ar عبد الرزاق قرنح ar عبد الرزاق قرنة ar عبدالرزاق قورنة cs Gurnah de Gurnah el Αμπντουλραζάκ Γκούρνα fa عبدالرزاق گورنه he עבדולרזאק גורנה he עבדולראזק גורנה hi अब्दुलरज्जाक गुरनाह ja アブドゥルラザク・グルナ ko 압둘라자크 구르나 ko 압둘라자크 S. 구르나 ru Абдулразак Гурна ru Гурна, Абдулразак
🔖 Identifiers · 82
ISNI
0000000374253660
VIAF cluster ID
69037521
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87934440
GND ID
120520435
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Abdulrazak Gurnah 2025.jpg ↗
Africultures person ID
36568
BIBSYS ID
90825136
Babelio author ID
68956
Bibliopoche author ID
21474
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
125162711
BookBrainz author ID
286c3cf6-7562-4b66-9f15-b2e62d07e6df
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
gurnah-abdulrazak
Show all 82 identifiers +70
CANTIC ID
981059731453306706
CBDB.cz author ID
65607
CONOR.SI ID
23222883
CONOR.SR ID
72357385
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11949715
CiNii Research ID
1140000791661174784
Companies House officer ID
BXIYUMI2Ff1RuFJ0vKrDXcJeUoM
DBC author ID
87097961525874
DDB person (GND) ID
120520435
Databazeknih.cz author ID
152822
ELNET ID
a12243486
FAST ID
1913962
Fantastic Fiction author ID
g/abdulrazak-gurnah
Freebase ID
/m/03d916z
Goodreads author ID
44089
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Abdulrazak_Gurnah
HAND ID
EECF-18A2-216C-4E60-9AF6
Harper's tag
abdulrazak-gurnah
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
71241
IMDb ID
nm13011025
IdRef ID
034403620
J9U entity ID
987007273403805171
KANTO ID
000229563
Kallías ID
PE00653403
Lex ID
Abdulrazak_Gurnah
Libraries Australia ID
35107135
Library of Congress Classification
PR9399.9.G87
LibraryThing author ID
gurnahabdulrazak
Libris-URI
ds07bq56b0397nnf
Munzinger person ID
00000032571
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA08979967
NDL Authority ID
033257640
NE.se ID
abdulrazak-gurnah
NL CR AUT ID
xx0011793
NLA Trove people ID
828619
NLAI ID
114467
NLP ID
a0000002719649
NSK (VIAF) ID
000782265
NSK ID
981005737206509366
NUKAT ID
n99711101
National Library of Chile ID
000858995
National Library of Greece ID
347884
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202211766
National Library of Latvia ID
000316966
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BYHh;=Bh
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810534189005606
National Library of Portugal ID
1158978
National Library of Russia ID
770252795
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1114609
National Virtual Library of India ID
380328, 733704
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072913371
Nobel Laureate API ID
1004
Obálky knih ID
xx0011793
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
9282999
Open Library ID
OL7487560A, OL722797A
Perlentaucher ID
abdulrazak-gurnah
RERO ID (legacy)
A003332197
RILM ID
391290
RSL author ID
abdulrazak-gurnah-3
SBN author ID
TO0V161261
SHARE Catalogue author ID
660847
SVKKL authority ID
0424240-Gurnah-Abdulrazak-1948
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
11741
TheaterEncyclopedie ID
01944073-6f18-7052-b2b0-bd9b7bd2dd72
University of Barcelona authority ID
981059731453306706
Unz Review author ID
GurnahAbdulrazak
WikiTree person ID
Gurnah-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmDkc4mCWYtbXYJY3kxDq
Yale LUX ID
person/e1b614ef-112d-45d8-b869-975f82c6c4ee
Étonnants voyageurs participant ID
1700

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, novelist, editing staff, university teacher, prose writer
Award received 3
Nobel Prize in Literature, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate of the University of Lleida
Country of citizenship 2
United Kingdom, Tanzania
Educated at 2
University of London, University of Kent
Employer 2
University of Kent, Bayero University, Kano
Field of work 2
editing, postcolonial literature
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Swahili
Nominated for 2
Booker Prize, Booker Prize
Works by author 2
Paradise, Afterlives
Academic degree 1
doctorate
Genre 1
prose
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Tanzania
Member of 1
Royal Society of Literature
Notable work 1
Paradise
Place of birth 1
Zanzibar City
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
← Winner 1
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Summary

Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in 1948[1] in Zanzibar City[2]. He has worked as a novelist[3], university teacher[4], prose writer[5], editing staff[6], and writer[7].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Abdulrazak Gurnah include Paradise[47], a literary work[48] and Afterlives[49], a literary work[50].

FAQs

Where was Abdulrazak Gurnah born?

Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in Zanzibar City[2].

What did Abdulrazak Gurnah do for work?

Abdulrazak Gurnah worked as a novelist[3], university teacher[4], prose writer[5], editing staff[6], and writer[7].

Where did Abdulrazak Gurnah go to school?

Abdulrazak Gurnah was educated at University of London[16] and Christ Church[17].

What awards did Abdulrazak Gurnah receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[27], Nobel Prize in Literature[28], honorary doctorate[29], and honorary doctorate of the University of Lleida[30].

Related Entities

Tanzania United Kingdom University of London Zanzibar City

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . youm7.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [27] ↑ . rsliterature.org. Retrieved . rsliterature.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [28] ↑ . nobelprize.org. Retrieved . nobelprize.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [29] ↑ . www5.open.ac.uk. www5.open.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [30] ↑ . udl.cat. udl.cat. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [31] ↑ . rsliterature.org. Retrieved . rsliterature.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [8] ↑ . Open Library. openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [42] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [46] ↑ . alarabiya.net. alarabiya.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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    ISNI → 0000000374253660
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  5. 4w ago · RonaldCarrierNU · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of Congress Classification → PR9399.9.G87
    "Created claim: Library of Congress Classification: PR9399.9.G87"
  6. 6w ago · JudithShe · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → University of Kent, University of London, Christ Church
    "Created claim: Educated at: Christ Church"
  7. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → EECF-18A2-216C-4E60-9AF6
    "Created claim: HAND ID: EECF-18A2-216C-4E60-9AF6, batch #269215"
  8. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → abdulrazak-gurnah
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: abdulrazak-gurnah, Matched to abdulrazak gurnah (#289915210) in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  9. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0424240-Gurnah-Abdulrazak-1948
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0424240-Gurnah-Abdulrazak-1948, batch #259599"
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