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Nuruddin Farah

Somali writer

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Born: 1945-11-24
Works: 40

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Type: Person

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Listeners: 6
Total plays: 35

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5 total works indexed

Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,374x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,645x
Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,036x
Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK
· 2021 · cited 4,132x
Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,059x

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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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Key dates

Born: 24 November 1945

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Somalia
Place of birth: Baidoa
Spouse: Amina Mama
Occupation: novelist
Educated at: University of London
Languages spoken: Italian
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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.