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Quotes from Nobel Lecture and Interview — Abdulrazak Gurnah

born 1948 Tanzania

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I learned to have pleasure in reading simply because I love stories.

Nobel Lecture and Interview (2021)

Our histories were partial, silent about many cruelties.

Nobel Lecture and Interview (2021)

I think the best moment in writing is when you think, yep, I think it’s done…Writing is best when it’s complete, when it’s finished .

Nobel Lecture and Interview (2021)

It was necessary to write of the persecutions and cruelties which the self-congratulations of our rulers sought to wipe from our memory.

Nobel Lecture and Interview (2021)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Abdulrazak Gurnah (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.