Nuruddin Farah
![Farah in 2010 before a lecture at<br>[[Simon Fraser University]].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/3Nuruddin_Farah.jpg)
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 prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In the same year, the French edition of his novel ''Gifts'' won the St Malo Literature Festival's prize. In addition, Farah is a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Provided by Wikipedia