Original title: writer gulner won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature
According to Xinhua news agency, the Swedish Academy of Arts announced on the 7th that the 2021 Nobel Prize for literature will be awarded to writer Abdul Razak gulner.
When announcing the winners at a news conference held in Stockholm on the same day, mats malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy of Arts, said that gulner won the award for his literary creation around "colonial history" and "refugee experience".
In a press release released on the same day, the Swedish Academy of Arts said that gulner "does not compromise on the influence of colonialism and the fate of refugees in the gap between different cultures and continents". He "infiltrated" this into his works with compassion. The school of arts also said that in his literary world, everything is changing, and there is an endless exploration driven by knowledge and enthusiasm in his works. He started writing at the age of 21, Swahili was his mother tongue, and English became his literary tool.
Malm said he had spoken to gulner by telephone. Because of COVID-19, this year's Nobel prize winner will continue the way of last year, and won the relevant awards in his respective countries instead of attending the prize giving ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
Gulna was born in Zanzibar (now under Tanzania) in 1948 and immigrated to Britain as a refugee in the 1960s. Since the 1980s, he has published more than 10 novels and some short stories. His works focus on the theme of refugees, mainly describe the living conditions of colonial people, focusing on identity, ethnic conflict and historical writing.