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A. Igoni Barrett

 

A. Igoni Barrett
Mmádu
ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịNaijiria Dezie
Aha enyereA. Dezie
Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya26 Maachị 1979 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụUgwu Ọcha Dezie
ŃnàLindsay Barrett Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee, pidgin Naịjirịa Dezie
Ọrụ ọ na-arụOdee akwụkwọ Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọMahadum nke Ibadan Dezie
Ọrụ ama amaBlackass Dezie

Adrian Igonibo Barrett (amụrụ ya na 26 Machị 1979) bụ onye Naijiria na-ede akụkọ mkpirikpi na akwụkwọ akụkọ. Akpọrọ ya aha na Africa39 ndepụta ndị ode akwụkwọ na-erubeghị afọ 40 nwere ikike na nka ịkọwapụta usoro n'ọdịnihu na akwụkwọ Afrika.[1] N'ịgbaso nchịkọta akụkọ abụọ ya - From Caves of Rotten Teeth (2005) na Love Is Power, or Something Like That (2013) - e bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, Blackass, na 2015, nke Chicago Review of Books kọwara dị ka "Kafka na wink".[2]

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A mụrụ ya na Port Harcourt, Naijiria, nne Naijiria na onye edemede na onye na-ede uri na Jamaica bụ Lindsay Barrett, A. Igoni Barrett gụrụ ọrụ ugbo na Mahadum Ibadan, ọ bụ ezie na otu afọ tupu ọ gụchaa akwụkwọ o kpebiri na ọ chọrọ ịbụ onye edemede.[3] O kwuru, sị: “Papa m bụ onye mbụ kwadoro m dị ka onye edemede. Enwere m mmetụta na m ga-egosi onwe m na m ji ihe kpọrọ ihe banyere ide ihe, yabụ m chụrụ àjà ikpeazụ - m hapụrụ agụmakwụkwọ mahadum m maka agụmakwụkwọ onwe m n'akwụkwọ.[3] N'afọ 2007, Barrett kwagara Lagos, ebe ọ zutere nwunye ya, onye nta akụkọ Dutch na onye edemede Femke van Zeijl.[4]

Akwụkwọ mbụ ya, nchịkọta akụkọ mkpirisi akpọrọ Site na Caves of Rotten Teeth, ka ebipụtara na 2005 wee bipụta ya na 2008.[5] Akụkọ sitere na nchịkọta ahụ, "The Phoenix", meriri asọmpi akụkọ mkpirikpi nke BBC World Service na 2005.[6]

Nchịkọta akụkọ nke abụọ ya, Ịhụnanya bụ Ike, ma ọ bụ Ihe Dị Ka Nke ahụ, bụ Graywolf Press bipụtara na 2013; dị ka The Boston Globe si kwuo, nchịkọta ahụ "nwere ike ndụ na-apụghị imeri emeri nke bụ, site na ntụgharị, dị nro ma dị egwu".[7] Time Out New York kwuru, sị: "A na-ahazi ihe ndị a bara ọgaranya nke ọma. Mgbanwe n'ọnọdụ na-eme n'ime akwụkwọ ahụ. Oge ọmịiko na-agaghị ekwe omume na-eme ugboro ugboro n'etiti ihe nkiri na-emebi emebi na ihe ọchị dị aghụghọ; nchịkọta na-esi na ya apụta na-eju afọ n'ọtụtụ ọkwa. "[8] NPR[9] na Flavorwire họọrọ Love is Power, ma ọ bụ Something Like That dị ka "akwụkwọ kachasị mma nke 2013".[10]

E bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, nke akpọrọ Blackass, n'afọ 2015. N'ịtụleghachi ya na The Financial Times, Jon Day dere, sị: "Site na ahịrịokwu mbụ, Kafka's The Metamorphosis na-eche gị ihu na nkwekọrịta ị na-eme mgbe ị na-agụ akụkọ ifo. Gregor Samsa aghọwo ahụhụ, Kafka na-ekwu. Kwụsị ikwenyeghị gị. Were ya ma ọ bụ hapụ ya.[11] Akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ nke Igoni Barrett - akwụkwọ nke atọ ya - chọrọ nzaghachi yiri nke ahụ....ịgụ ya naanị dị ka onye edemede Naijiria ga-abụ ime ya ihe ọjọọ. N'ihi na Blackass bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ dị ịtụnanya, na-adọrọ mmasị, Barrett nwekwara ihe ọ ga-agwa anyị niile.[12] N'ide akwụkwọ na The Guardian, Helon Habila kwuru, sị: "Ihe kachasị mma nke Igoni Barrett bụ ikike ya ịkatọ ihe ndị na-enweghị isi, ọkachasị ndị Lagosian, na-aga iji yie ihe dị mkpa. "[13] Claire Fallon maka Huffington Post kwubiri, sị: "Blackass bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ na-enweghị isi, nke edere n'ụzọ doro anya - ụdị nke na-eme ka onye na-agụ ya nwee mmetụta dị ka a ga-asị na ha na-eguzo n'ime akpụkpọ ahụ nke onye ahụ, na-eso ya na-aga n'oge ya - ọ bụ ezie na isiokwu ahụ nwere ike ịbụ nke arụmụka, ọ bụkwa akwụkwọ akụkọ aghụghọ, nke na-enweghị uche banyere njikọ, mgbe ụfọdụ ụmụ mmadụ nwere mkpa maka ezinụlọ na njikọ. "[14] Aaron Bady nke OkayAfrica kpọrọ ya "akwụkwọ Naijirịa na-enweghị mgbagha nke ndị na-ebipụta America bipụtala ogologo oge, na dịka 'Afropolitan' aghọwo ihe na-esiwanye ike n'ebe nile nke akwụkwọ Afrika nke oge a, a na-enweghachi azụ azụ na-aga n'ihu, ma megide Afropolitan. dị ka ndị dị otú ahụ, na megidere akụkụ nile nke akwụkwọ mbata mba Africa.[15]

A kpọrọ ya dị ka onye sonyere na mmemme edemede dị iche iche, Barrett bụ onye na-agụ akwụkwọ n'abalị mmeghe nke PEN World Voices Festival na 2013, na onye edemede ọbịa na Serpentine Galleries' Miracle Marathon na 2016 na mbipụta 2018 nke Festivaletteratura.[16][17][18][19] Ọ bụ onye guzobere usoro ọgụgụ BookJam na Lagos, Naijiria, nke gosipụtara ndị edemede Jude Dibia, Michela Wrong, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Binyavanga Wainaina, Helon Habila na Tsitsi Dangarembga, n'etiti ndị ọzọ.[20]

Ọrụ Barrett apụtala n'ọtụtụ akwụkwọ, gụnyere Al Jazeera English[21] na The Guardian .[22]

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A. Igoni Barrett bụ onye mmeri nke asọmpi akụkọ mkpirikpi nke BBC World Service maka afọ 2005 na akụkọ akpọrọ "The Phoenix", nke a na-agbasa na Jenụwarị 2, 2006.[23][24]

N'afọ 2010, e nyere ya Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship. N'afọ 2011, e nyere ya Norman Mailer Center Fellowship na Bellagio Center Residency.[25][26]

A kpọrọ Barrett aha dị ka otu n'ime ndị edemede 39 nke ndịda Sahara Africa na-erubeghị afọ 40 na Hay Festival na Rainbow Book Club Africa39 na-eme emume Port Harcourt UNESCO World Book Capital 2014.[27]

Akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya bụ Blackass meriri People's Literature Publishing House na Chinese Foreign Literature Society's 21st Century Best Foreign Novel Award.

Ọ bụ onye Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellow na 2018.[28][29]

Igoni Barrett bụ onye nwetara Charles Dickens Award na mbipụta 2021 nke International London Literary Award .[30]

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  • Site na Caves of Rotten Teeth: A Collection of Short Stories, Daylight Media Services, 2005,
  • Ịhụnanya bụ Ike, Ma ọ bụ Ihe Dị ka Nke ahụ: Akụkọ, Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2013,
  • Blackass, London: Chatto & Windus, 2015, ISBN ; Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2016, .[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]
Ihe edeturu
  1. ↑ Margaret Busby, "Africa39: how we chose the writers for Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014", The Guardian Books Blog, 10 April 2014.
  2. ↑ In Blackass, A. Igoni Barrett Puts a Nigerian Spin on Kafka's Metamorphosis. Chicago Review of Books (3 March 2016). Retrieved on 19 July 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Nigerian Author Fights Brain Drain", Jamaica Gleaner, 22 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Q&A with author A Igoni Barrett", The Financial Times, 4 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Samuel Kolawole for Efrika TV, part of the Guardian Africa Network (1 February 2013). African novels to look out for (en). The Guardian. Retrieved on 28 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "A. Igoni Barrett", AGNI Online.
  7. ↑ Jan Gardner, "‘Love is Power, Or Something Like That’ by A. Igoni Barrett" (review), Boston Globe, 17 May 2013.
  8. ↑ Tobias Carroll, "Book review: Love Is Power, or Something Like That: Stories by A. Igoni Barrett", Time Out New York, 29 May 2013.
  9. ↑ Recommended by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, Best Books of 2013: NPR.
  10. ↑ "The 10 Best Short Story Collections of 2013", Flavorwire.com, 10 December 2013.
  11. ↑ Barrett. Blackass (en). www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved on 28 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Jon Day, "‘Blackass’, by A Igoni Barrett" (review), The Financial Times, 14 August 2015.
  13. ↑ Helon Habila, "Blackass by A Igoni Barrett review – a cocktail of Kafka and comedy", The Guardian, 14 August 2015.
  14. ↑ Claire Fallon, "The Bottom Line: ‘Blackass’ By A. Igoni Barrett", HuffPost Arts and Culture, 4 March 2016.
  15. ↑ Aaron Bady, "A. Igoni Barrett’s “Blackass” And The Afropolitan Debate", OkayAfrica, 10 March 2016.
  16. ↑ Larry Rohter, "PEN World Voices Festival to Focus on Art and Politics", The New York Times, 19 February 2013.
  17. ↑ "Radio Serpentine: A. Igoni Barrett". Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved on 2023-10-01.
  18. ↑ "Miracle Marathon 2016: A. Igoni Barrett", YouTube, 25 January 2017
  19. ↑ "Interview with A. Igoni Barrett", Festivaletteratura.it, 6 September 2018
  20. ↑ Okechukwu Uwaezuoke (20 November 2011). Nigeria: Nurturing Future Writers. This Day. AllAfrica.com.
  21. ↑ A. Igoni Barrett, "We all stand before history", AlJazeera.com, 10 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Be Careless With Your Wishes: A. Igoni Barrett On The Writing Life In Nigeria", The Guardian, 13 January 2016.
  23. ↑ Short Story Competition Winners 2005. BBC WorldService.com.
  24. ↑ "The Phoenix", BBC World Service.
  25. ↑ 2011 Sponsored Fellowships awarded to…. The Norman Mailer Center Newsfeed (13 May 2011).
  26. ↑ Adrian Igonibo Barrett. The Rockefeller Foundation.org. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
  27. ↑ List of artists, Africa39.
  28. ↑ "Civitella.org: A. Igoni Barrett"
  29. ↑ Shercliff (8 December 2015). Five Nigerian novelists you should read | British Council (en). www.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved on 18 May 2020.
  30. ↑ "Laureates of International London Literary Award In category Professionals", The International Union of Writers website, 9 March 2021.

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