Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said on Thursday.

Gurnah, whose novels include "Paradise" and "Desertion", writes in English and lives in Britain.

The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.14 million).

The prizes, for achievements in science, literature and peace, were created through a bequest in the will of Swedish dynamite inventor and wealthy businessman Alfred Nobel. They have been awarded since 1901, with the final prize in the line-up - economics - a later addition.