“for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” The award celebrated Ressa and Muratov’s years of work in the Philippines and Russia, respectively. The Nobel Committee added that this yea…
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a novelist from Zanzibar who lives in Brighton, England. He is best known for his novel Paradise, but has published several novels. Anders Olsson, chairman of the Swedish Academy’s Nobel committee has written an essay about Gurnah,…