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Carin Klaesson, Content Manager of Public Programs at the Nobel Prize Museum, sat down to talk to 2021 literature laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden on 28 April 2022. In a wide ranging conversation they spoke about his journey to the Nobel Prize. Abdulrazak Gurnah, such a pleasure sitting here together…

Interview with Abdulrazak Gurnah, February 2022 Nobelprize.org spoke to our 2021 literature laureate on 25 February 2022. He told us about his early days as a reader, the importance of stories and how he sees his work as the same as any other type of job. For a written version of this interview please see…

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/sDEjjlW_r34 Watch a video clip of the 2021 Nobel Prize laureate in literature, Abdulrazak Gurnah, receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma from Ambassador Mikaela Kumlin Granit during a ceremonial presentation at the Swedish Ambassador’s Residence in London, UK on 6 December 2021.

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/PgekkKn7zmU Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from the Blue Hall at the Stockholm City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 2020. This year, the award ceremony was streamed. The laureates had received their medals and diplomas in their home countries due to the covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ieuZUQRkZBU Watch the Nobel Prize award ceremony from the Blue Hall at the Stockholm City Hall in Sweden on 10 December 2021. (pdf)

Swedish Presentationstal av författare Ellen Mattson, ledamot av ledamot i Nobelkommittén för litteratur, 10 december 2021. Eders Majestäter, Ärade pristagare, Mina Damer och Herrar, Det finns en berättelse som berättas om och om igen i Abdulrazak Gurnahs romaner. Den handlar om en pojke som försvinner, rövas bort, säljs, sätts ut som Moses i vassen eller…

Ellen Mattson delivering the presentation speech for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Dan Lepp English Presentation Speech by Writer Ellen Mattson, Member of the , Member of the Nobel Committee for Literature, 10 December 2021. Your Majesties, Esteemed Nobel Prize laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen A story is told again…