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Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, Cush Jumbo's Hamlet, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage

Cush Jumbo as Hamlet is up for discussion with Ekow Eshun, Vanessa Kisuule and Sarah Crompton, Abdulrazak Gurnah on winning the Nobel Prize for Literature and poet Simon Armitage.

Cush Jumbo鈥檚 long-awaited performance as Hamlet and debbie tucker green鈥檚 film ear for eye come under the critical gaze of Ekow Eshun, Vanessa Kisuule and Sarah Crompton.

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. He joins Front Row to discuss his work and how he feels about winning.

The Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on his fresh and contemporary new translation of the classic poem The Owl and the Nightingale.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Sarah Johnson

Photo Credit: Helen Murray

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  • Thu 7 Oct 2021 19:15

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