Nuruddin Farah
Nuruddin Farah (born 24 Nov 1945) is a Somali novelist. His first novel, From a Crooked Rib was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East African literature today". Farah has garnered acclaim as one of the gr
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Nuruddin Farah (born 24 Nov 1945) is a Somali novelist. His first novel, From a Crooked Rib was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East African literature today". Farah has garnered acclaim as one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world, his prose having earned him accolades including the Premio Cavour in Italy, the Kurt Tucholsky Prize in Germany, the Lettre Ulysses Award in Berlin, and in 1998, the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In the same year, the French edition of his novel Gifts won the St Malo Literature Festival's prize. In addition, Farah is a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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