Irenosen Okojie
Irenosen Iseghohi Okojie MBE FRSL bụ onye Naijiria mụrụ mkpụmkpụ akụkọ na ode akwụkwọ akụkọ na-arụ ọrụ na London . Akụkọ ya na-agụnye ihe ntule ma na-ejikwa ihe nketa West Africa mee ihe. Akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, Butterfly Fish meriri Betty Trask Award na 2016, na akụkọ ya " Grace Jones " meriri 2020 Caine Prize for African Writing . [1] A họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye otu Royal Society of Literature na 2018.
Irenosen Okojie | |
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 Okojie leads a discussion for the British Library in 2022 |
| ụdịekere | nwanyị  |
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| mba o sị | Obodoézè Nà Ofú |
| aha enyere | Irenosen |
| aha ezinụlọ ya | Okojie |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1978 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Naijiria |
| asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye aka | Bekee |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | odee akwụkwọ |
| ebe agụmakwụkwọ | London Metropolitan University |
| webụsaịtị | https://www.irenosenokojie.com |
Akụkọ ndụ
dezieAfọ mbụ na agụmakwụkwọ
dezieA mụrụ Irenosen Okojie na Naijiria . Mgbe ọ dị afọ asatọ, ezinụlọ ya kwagara United Kingdom . Okojie gara Gresham's, ụlọ akwụkwọ obibi na Holt, Norfolk, tupu ọ gawa St Angela's Convent School na East London wee gaa Stamford Boarding School maka ụmụ agbọghọ. Okojie laghachiri na Lọndọn ka ọ gụchaa akwụkwọ wee gaa London Metropolitan University, ebe ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ nzikọrịta ozi na Omenala Visual.
Ọrụ
dezieOkojie bụ onye njikwa ọrụ nka na onye nlekọta dabere na London. Akwụkwọ akụkọ mpụta mbụ ya, Butterfly Fish, nwetara ihe nrite Betty Trask na 2016. [2] Ebipụtala ihe odide ya na New York Times, Onye na-ahụ maka ihe, The Guardian, BBC na Huffington Post, na ọ bụ onye nyere aka na 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, nke Margaret Busby deziri. [3]
Okojie enwetala nhọpụta maka ọtụtụ ihe nrite ma bụrụkwa onye ọka ikpe maka asọmpi agụmagụ ndị ọzọ. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Nchịkọta 2016 ya nke akụkọ dị mkpirikpi, Speak Gigantular, bụ ndị a họpụtara maka 2016 inaugural Jhalak Prize yana 2017 Edge Hill Short Story Prize . A họpụtara akụkọ ya akụkụ Animal Parts maka 2016 Shirley Jackson Award, na akụkọ dị mkpirikpi ya bụ Synsepalum na-agbasa na BBC Radio 4 iji mee ememme BBC National Short Story Award 2018. [1]
Ọzọkwa na 2018, a họpụtara Okojie dị ka onye otu ndị Royal Society of Literature . [9] Na 19 Mee 2020, edepụtara ya aha maka ihe nrite Caine maka edemede Africa, [10] wee mara ọkwa dị ka onye mmeri na 27 Julaị 2020 maka akụkọ ya "Grace Jones". [11] [12] [13]
A họpụtara Okojie onye otu Order of the British Empire (MBE) na 2021 Birthday Honors maka ọrụ akwụkwọ.
Nkwanye ugwu na ihe nrite
dezie- 2016: Onyinye Betty Trask (maka azụ nru ububa )
- 2018: A họpụtara onye otu nke Royal Society of Literature
- 2020: onye meriri AKO Caine Prize for African Writing (ya na " Grace Jones ")
Akwụkwọ akụkọ
dezie- Kwuo Gigantular (akụkọ dị mkpirikpi), Akwụkwọ Jacaranda 2016
- Azụ butterfly (akwụkwọ akụkọ), Akwụkwọ Jacaranda 2016
- Nudibranch, Hachette 2019 [14]
Ntụaka na isi mmalite
dezie- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Irenosen Okojie. Elise Dillsworth Agency (EDA). Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved on 27 July 2020.
- ↑ "Betty Trask Prize and Award Winners 2016", The Society of Authors, June 2016.
- ↑ "New Daughters of Africa Cambridge Literary Festival", Irenosen Okojie website, 9 April 2019.
- ↑ Royal Society of Literature » Irenosen Okojie. Royal Society of Literature (2018-10-30). Retrieved on 2019-10-06.
- ↑ Evaristo (24 November 2016). Speak Gigantular by Irenosen Okojie review – surreal tales of love and loneliness. The Guardian. Retrieved on 6 October 2019.
- ↑ Irenosen Okojie. The Reader Berlin (9 March 2017). Retrieved on 6 October 2019.
- ↑ TSS Publishing. The Short Story Interview: Irenosen Okojie (5 July 2017). Retrieved on 6 October 2019.
- ↑ Irenosen Okojie. Elise Dillsworth Agency. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved on 6 October 2019.
- ↑ Okojie, Irenosen (en-GB). Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved on 2024-01-08.
- ↑ Irenosen Okojie (en-US). The Caine Prize for African Writing (2023-10-19). Retrieved on 2024-01-08.
- ↑ Caine Prize 2020: British Nigerian author Irenosen Okojie. BBC News (27 July 2020). Retrieved on 27 July 2020.
- ↑ Flood (27 July 2020). Irenosen Okojie wins the Caine prize for 'stunning' short story Grace Jones. Retrieved on 27 July 2020.
- ↑ "AKO Caine Prize: Irenosen Okojie wins with story of Grace Jones impersonator", BBC News, 27 July 2020. Retrieved on 27 July 2020.
- ↑ Okojie (7 November 2019). Nudibranch: A collection of short stories (in en). Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9780349700908.