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His latest book,\u00a0<em>Afterlives<\/em>\u00a0is published by Bloomsbury.\u00a0Abdulrazak Gurnah teaches English Literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Abdulrazak Gurnah received the Nobel Prize in literature.<\/p>\n<p>Photograph: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Pringle<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5723,"template":"","land":[121,209],"tegund_gests":[133],"thatttokuar":[204],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abdulrazak Gurnah - B\u00f3kmenntah\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0 \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"bdulrazak Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania. 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