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Irenosen Okojie


Nigeria

Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian-British writer, curator and Arts Project Manager. Her writing has been featured in the Guardian and the Observer, and her short stories have been published internationally. She has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Southbank Centre, and the Caine Prize and was Writer in Residence for TEDx East End. In 2014, she was the Prize Advocate for the SI Leeds Literary Prize and in 2015 the Evening Standard named her as one of the top debut novelists of the summer with for her novel Butterfly Fish. She is a mentor for the Pen to Print project supported by publisher Constable & Robinson and lives in east London.
 

Awards: Caine (2020)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Butterfly Fish (2015)
   Curandera (2020)
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Collections
   Speak Gigantular (2016)
   Nudibranch (2019)
   The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2020 (2020) (with others)
   Reverse Engineering (2022) (with others)
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Anthologies edited
   Flight (2009)
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Non fiction
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Books containing stories by Irenosen Okojie
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Of the Flesh (2024)
18 stories of modern horror
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Glimpse (2022)
An Anthology of Black British Speculative Fiction
edited by
Leone Ross

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Awards
2020 Caine Prize for African Writing : Grace Jones

Award nominations
2017 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Short Fiction (nominee) : Animal Parts
2016 Jhalak Prize (nominee) : Speak Gigantular
2016 Betty Trask Prize (nominee) : Butterfly Fish


Irenosen Okojie recommends
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The Funeral Cryer (2023)
Wenyan Lu
"Wonderful. A deft, humorous exploration of female desire and a forgotten society with a protagonist to love and root for."
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The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts (2023)
Soraya Palmer
"A brilliant, compelling exploration of familial legacies. A mythic and edifying read."
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Fire Rush (2023)
Jacqueline Crooks
"A brilliant, exuberant novel. Full of beauty, musicality and feminist power."

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