2021 Nobel Prize for Literature

Abdul Razzaq Qarnah: She highlighted the suffering of immigrants and their dream of a better life

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The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (2021), the Tanzanian writer and novelist, Abdul Razzaq Garnah, confirmed that he sees writing as a piece of music, which we hear and we do not know the secret of its beauty, and that he worked in the years of his literary life to highlight the suffering of immigrants whose life led them to take risks and travel in pursuit of a better life. .

This came during a dialogue session held by the Sharjah Book Authority with writer and novelist Abdel Razzaq Garnah, moderated by the media, Sally Moussa.

true feelings

Garnah said: "The beautiful thing about receiving the award is that I saw happiness on the faces of people who sent the award to themselves with positive messages, and conveyed sincere feelings for a person who worked as much as possible to make their lives better than they are, through his books and novels."

He added: "I write to reach a life that is more expressive of the depths of the people I am talking about in all honesty, so that I convey the true picture of the suffering of immigrants, and I do not lie, and I express their experiences in the interest of the plot, and therefore we should look with keen eyes at what we are trying to write about." .

writing elements

Regarding his journey to the Nobel Prize for Literature, Abdul Razzaq Garnah indicated that he did not have the elements that would make him expect to become a professional writer one day, and that he wrote many scraps that he collected during his journey with writing, after he landed in Britain as an immigrant, when he was in He was eighteen years old, and these scraps passed through many publishing houses, which he was trying to publish with, until circumstances wanted one of the publishing houses to accept his novel, which became his window to the world of readers.

Honor to try

Regarding the attempt and its impact on entering the worlds of writing, Garnah said: “The attempt is an important element of entering the world of writing, and failure and failure to deliver the message that the writer seeks to convey, should not drag him back, but rather he should stick to the attempt over and over again.”

African creatives

And about his opinion of African writers, and the reasons for the non-proliferation of their works in the global community, Abdul Razzaq Garnah explained that the African continent is full of many creators whose works have emerged on the literary scene in recent years and before as well, and that they have rich experiences that can amaze readers in different countries of the world.

• Writing is like a piece of music, we hear it and we don't know the secret of its beauty.

• I write to reach a life that is more expressive of people's depths.

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