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Uzodinma Iweala


Nigeria (b.1982)

Uzodinma Iweala was born in 1982. He graduated from Harvard University, where he was a Mellon Mays Scholar and received a number of prizes for his writing, including the Eager Prize, the Horman Prize, the Le Baron Briggs Prize, and the Hoopes Prize, awarded for outstanding undergraduate thesis. He lives in Washington, D.C., and Lagos, Nigeria.
 

Awards: B&N (2005), LA Times (2005)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Beasts of No Nation (2005)
   Speak No Evil (2018)
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Series contributed to
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Books containing stories by Uzodinma Iweala
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Dedicated to the People of Darfur (2009)
Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope
edited by
Jennifer Reynolds and Luke Reynolds
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Rotten English (2007)
A Literary Anthology
edited by
Dohra Ahmad

Awards
2007 Granta Best of Young American Novelists
2005 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction : Beasts of No Nation
2005 Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction : Beasts of No Nation

Award nominations
2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (nominee) : Beasts of No Nation


Uzodinma Iweala recommends
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Born on a Tuesday (2016)
Elnathan John
"Elnathan John’s first novel is an ambitious book that tackles modern Nigeria’s extremely complex religious landscape with great insight, passion, and humor by taking us deep into the mental and emotional space of the country's most neglected."



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