Prize announcement

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 to Abdulrazak Gurnah, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 7 October 2021. After the announcement Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, presented the laureate in Swedish and English and answered questions from the audience.

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MLA style: Prize announcement. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2023. Mon. 27 Mar 2023. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2021/prize-announcement/>

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