Geetanjali Shree is first Indian winner of International Booker Prize
By Zoya Mateen BBC News, Delhi Booker Prize Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian writer to win the International…
Ugandan author of The Greedy Barbarian detained – lawyer
Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who won a prestigious prize this year for courageous writing, has been detained, his lawyer has…
Why Tanzanian Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah is hardly known back home
By Priya Sippy Journalist Nobel Prize Zanzibar-born Abdulrazak Gurnah became the most talked-about writer in the world when he…
Nobel Literature Prize 2021: Abdulrazak Gurnah named winner
Nobel Prize Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has said he was “surprised and humbled” to be awarded the 2021 Nobel…