Nuruddin Farah Biography

Nuruddin Farah (Somali: Nuuradiin Faarax, Arabic: نورالدين فارح‎) (born 24 November 1945) is a Somali novelist. He 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, England, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Sudan, India, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa.