Nuruddin Farah: What if all Stories Are One and Only One Story?

Internationally renowned novelist and man of letters Nuruddin Farah is the Regent Lecturer for Spring 2009 at University of California, Berkeley. This second lecture takes place in Maude Fife Room (315 Wheeler) today at 5 pm; a reception will follow the lecture in 330 Wheeler Hall.

Nuruddin Farah is one of the major African authors writing today and a leading figure on the world literary scene. He is the author of ten novels, including "From a Crooked Rib" and the acclaimed trilogies "Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship" ("Sweet and Sour Milk", "Sardines", "Close Sesame") and "Blood on the Sun" ("Maps", "Gifts", "Secrets"). Two volumes ("Links", "Knots") of a third trilogy have appeared, with the final volume forthcoming soon. His novels have been translated into seventeen languages and have won numerous awards. Farah was named 1998 laureate of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and he is widely considered to be a leading candidate for the Nobel Prize. Born in Baidoa, Somalia, Farah now lives in Cape Town, South Africa, with his wife and their children.

Comments

m said…
If only I could go! I read "Gifts" a few months ago and was swept off my feet. Beautiful writing, radical treatment of gift-giving (the west giving to poor countries), and a refreshing love story and treatment of Somalia. Not to mention that his feminism, at least in that text, was pretty rad, I can't think of any other African male writer (that I have read) who comes close in that department.
April 22, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Emmanuel Sigauke said…
Yes, one of the veteran writers of Africa. I like his writing style.
April 22, 2009 at 7:28 PM
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