Nobel Prize in Literature, Awarded to Novelist, Abdulrazak Gurnah.<br />NPR reports that this year's <br />Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah.<br />[The Nobel Prize in Literature is <br />awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah] for his uncompromising and compassionate <br />penetration of the effects of colonialism <br />and the fate of the refugee in the gulf <br />between cultures and continents, Swedish Academy, via NPR.<br />The author was born in 1948 in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, now part of modern-day Tanzania.<br />The author was born in 1948 in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, now part of modern-day Tanzania.<br />He worked as a professor of English <br />and postcolonial literature at the <br />University of Kent in Canterbury, England.<br />He worked as a professor of English <br />and postcolonial literature at the <br />University of Kent in Canterbury, England.<br />He has written 10 novels, including <br />1994's 'Paradise,' which the Swedish Academy <br />cited in naming Gurnah this year's winner. .<br />He has written 10 novels, including <br />1994's 'Paradise,' which the Swedish Academy <br />cited in naming Gurnah this year's winner. .<br />Gurnah's writing, including 'Paradise,' rebels against previous Western perceptions of Africa, such as in Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness.'.<br />Gurnah's writing, including 'Paradise,' rebels against previous Western perceptions of Africa, such as in Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness.'.<br />Other Nobel Prizes awarded so far this week include:.<br />Nobel Prize in Medicine - David Julius and <br />Ardem Patapoutian for their work <br />in touch and temperature.<br />Nobel Prize in Medicine - David Julius and <br />Ardem Patapoutian for their work <br />in touch and temperature.<br />Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Benjamin List <br />and David Macmillan's for their <br />research in building chemicals.<br />Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Benjamin List <br />and David Macmillan's for their <br />research in building chemicals.<br />The Nobel Prize in Physics was split.<br />Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann <br />won for their studies in climate change, .<br />Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann <br />won for their studies in climate change, .<br />and Giorgio Parisi won for his work <br />examining patterns in materials.<br />The Nobel Peace Prize will be <br />announced on October 8
