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This is a list of Nigerian writers A. Chris Abani, 2019 Chinua Achebe, 1966 Ayobami Adebayo, 2018 Saheed Aderinto, 2016. Chris Abani (born ...
List of Nigerian writers This page was last edited on 15 September 2024, at 20:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Chinua Achebe (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ n w ɑː ə ˈ tʃ ɛ b eɪ / ⓘ; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature.
Post 2010 Nigerian literature focuses on real life in metropolitan Nigeria and the influence of social networks on Nigerian social life. Among the younger Nigerian authors is Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, who won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the best debut novel with I Do Not Come to You by Chance in 2010. It describes the story of a young ...
Chukwuebuka Ibeh was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 2000. [3] He is currently pursuing an MFA degree at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. [4] His writing, described by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as "so wonderfully observant...with a nostalgia for the past", [5] has appeared in McSweeney's Quarterly Review, [6] The New England Review of Books, Dappled Things.
The sequel, Akata Warrior, went on to win the 2018 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book. [26] Okorafor's science-fiction novel Lagoon was a finalist for a British Science Fiction Association Award (Best Novel), a Red Tentacle Award (Best Novel), and a Tiptree Honor Book. [27] [28] [29] The Binti trilogy began with the 2015 novella Binti.
However, the process and judging are administered by Nigerian Academy of Science with advisory board made up of members from Nigeria Academy of Letters and Association of Nigerian Authors. [1] The Prize was initially $20,000. This was increased to $30,000 in 2006, and again to $50,000 in 2008. In 2011 the prize was increased to $100,000. [2]
Boubacar Hama Beidi (born 1951), educator, author, and politician; Boubou Hama (1906–1982), politician and writer; Hawad (1950– ), Tuareg poet currently living in France; Hélène Kaziende (1967– ), teacher, journalist and short story writer [1] Salihu Kwantagora (1929– ), songwriter and poet
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