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Abdulrazak Gurnah: books and prizes

Abdulrazak Gurnah is a novelist who grew up on Zanzibar and arrived in England as a refugee at the end of the 1960s. He was Professor of English and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Kent until his retirement. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021.^2,4,1

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1987Memory of Departure^2,4Jonathan Capenovel
2. 1988Pilgrims Way^2,4Jonathan Capenovel
3. 1990Dottie^2,4Jonathan Capenovel
4. 1994Paradise^2,4Hamish Hamilton. Shortlisted for the Booker Prizenovel
5. 1996Admiring Silence^2,4Hamish Hamiltonnovel
6. 2001By the Sea^2,4Bloomsbury. Longlisted for the Booker Prizenovel
7. 2005Desertion^2,4Bloomsburynovel
8. 2011The Last Gift^2,4Bloomsburynovel
9. 2017Gravel Heart^2,4Bloomsburynovel
10. 2020Afterlives²Bloomsburynovel

Prizes

1. 2021Nobel Prize in Literature^1,3For Body of work

Sources

1. Nobel Prize Outreach, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Facts, Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 (accessed 2026-10-28)
2. Swedish Academy, Nobel Committee for Literature, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bio-bibliography, Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 (October 2021)
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Encyclopaedia Britannica (last updated 2026-08-21)
4. The Booker Prizes, Abdulrazak Gurnah, The Booker Prizes author page (accessed 2026-10-28)