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Abdulrazak Gurnah, an Uncommon card
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian novelist and academic of Yemeni origin.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 157
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 77,000
Power 157 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Abdulrazak Gurnah quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Abdulrazak Gurnah card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in the ______ of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution.
Answer
Sultanate. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. From the Abdulrazak Gurnah article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fates of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents".
Answer
2020s. In 2021, Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fates of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents". From the Abdulrazak Gurnah article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution.
- His novels include Paradise, which was shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whitbread Prize, By the Sea, which was longlisted for the Booker and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Desertion, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
- In 2021, Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fates of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Abdulrazak Gurnah article was read about 77,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Abdulrazak Gurnah (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : flowcomm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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