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Nuruddin Farah is a Somali writer and novelist born in Baidoa in 1945. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the Kurt Tucholsky Prize. Farah holds citizenship in Somalia and is of the Somali ethnic group. He is married to Amina Mama.
Farah has written 40 works, including *Hiding in Plain Sight*, *Gifts*, *Maps*, *A naked needle*, and *Links*. He is educated at Panjab University, the University of Essex, and the University of London. He speaks and writes in English and Italian. His work is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1945-11-24
- Works
- 40
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Key facts
- Born
- Nuuradiin Faarax , ( 1945-11-24 ) 24 November 1945 (age 80) , Baidoa , Somalia
- Occupation
- Novelist , essayist , professor
- Alma mater
- Panjab University among many
- Subject
- Nationalism , colonialism , feminism
- Notable works
- From a Crooked Rib (1970) , Sweet and Sour Milk (1979) , Maps (1986) , Gifts (1993) , Secrets (1998)
- Notable awards
- Kurt Tucholsky Prize , Lettre Ulysses Award , Neustadt International Prize for Literature , Premio Cavour , St. Malo Literature Festival Prize
- Spouse
- Chitra Muliyil (1982–1992) , Amina Mama (1992–2006)
- Children
- Koshin (born 1983), Abyan (born 1994), Kaahiye (born 1995)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Somalia
- Place of birth
- Baidoa
- Spouse
- Amina Mama
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- University of London
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Image
- 3Nuruddin Farah.jpg
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- Nuruddin Farah
- date of birth
- 1945-11-24
- ethnic group
- Somalis
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Encyclopedic overview
Nuruddin Farah (Somali: Nuuradiin Faarax, Arabic: نورالدين فارح) (born 24 November 1945) is a Somali novelist. His first novel, From a Crooked Rib, was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East African literature today". Farah has also written plays both for stage and radio, as well as short stories and essays. Since leaving Somalia in the 1970s, he has lived and taught in numerous countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Sudan, India, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa.
Farah has garnered acclaim as one of the greatest contemporary writers in the world, his prose having earned him accolades including the Premio Cavour in Italy, the Kurt Tucholsky Prize in Germany, the Lettre Ulysses Award in Berlin, and in 1998, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In the same year, the French edition of his 1993 novel Gifts won the St Malo Literature Festival's prize. In addition, Farah is a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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