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Detailed explanation-1: -Gurnah himself even thought the announcement was a prank. It was instead believed that perrennial contender Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, a Kenyan academic and author who served also as Gurnah’s professor in African literature, would be the rightful recipient for the 2021 Nobel prize.

Detailed explanation-2: -2021 Nobel Prize laureate in literature Abdulrazak Gurnah has written both novels and short stories. His first book came out in 1987, and his breakthrough was the 1994 novel Paradise. Refugees’ experience of displacement and life in exile are recurring themes in Gurnah’s writing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Annie Ernaux delivered her Nobel Prize lecture in literature on 7 December 2022 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. She was introduced by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy.

Detailed explanation-4: -NEW DELHI: Annie Ernaux of France has won this year’s Nobel Prize for literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. Ernaux, 82, was cited for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory, ” the Nobel committee said.

Detailed explanation-5: -Winners are famously hard to predict. This year’s favourites include Kenya’s Ngugi wa Thiong’o, French writer Annie Ernaux, Japanese author Haruki Murakami, Canada’s Margaret Atwood, and Antiguan-American writer Jamaica Kincaid.