The correct answer is B: 1 (Abdulrazak Gurnah). In 2021, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to one individual, Abdulrazak Gurnah. Gurnah is a novelist from Zanzibar, Tanzania, who immigrated to the UK. He was recognized by the Swedish Academy "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents." Abdulrazak Gurnah is of Muslim background, making him the sole Muslim recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature for that year. His work often explores themes of displacement, memory, and identity through the lens of East African and post-colonial experiences.
A: 0 is incorrect. Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Muslim writer, was indeed the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021.
C: 2 is incorrect. Only one individual, Abdulrazak Gurnah, received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021. There were no other Muslim laureates in this category that year.
D: 3 is incorrect. The Nobel Prize in Literature is typically awarded to one individual, or occasionally two, but never three for a single year. Moreover, there were no other Muslim recipients beyond Abdulrazak Gurnah in 2021.