Aminatta Forna is on the Ondaatje Prize 2019 shortlist announced today, April 17, 2019, for her novel Happiness. The Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize…
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The Ondaatje Prize 2019 longlist features three Africans
The Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize 2019 longlist, featuring Aminatta Forna, Emmanuel Iduma, and Jamal Mahjoub, was announced on March 27, 2019. The Royal…
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Aminatta Forna to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019
Aminatta Forna is set to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019. She will be joined by four other judges. The Giller Prize was founded in…
View More Aminatta Forna to judge Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize 2019No Africans for Windham Campbell Prize in 2016
There were no Africans in the Windham Campbell Prize selections that were announced earlier in the month. Sob. So every year, we all eagerly look…
View More No Africans for Windham Campbell Prize in 2016Aminatta Forna makes Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2016
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a $50,000 biennial prize funded by a generous endowment from the Neustadt family of Ardmore, Oklahoma, and Dallas.…
View More Aminatta Forna makes Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2016Teju Cole, Helon Habila, and Ivan Vladislavić get paid! #WindamCampellPrize2015
We have a winner or rather a list of winners for the Winham Campbell Prize 2015. And just like last year when Aminatta Forna was…
View More Teju Cole, Helon Habila, and Ivan Vladislavić get paid! #WindamCampellPrize2015Noviolet, Chimamanda and Aminatta for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and…
View More Noviolet, Chimamanda and Aminatta for IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardAminatta Forna receives her prize at Windham Campbell Festival
A few months ago I mentioned that Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna was one of the recipients of this years Windham Campbell Prize. The prize…
View More Aminatta Forna receives her prize at Windham Campbell FestivalAminatta Forna inspires South Sudan political prisoners
Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna is quite well known to many for her books which include a memoir, The Devil that Danced on the Water…
View More Aminatta Forna inspires South Sudan political prisonersAminatta Forna is Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction 2014 recipient
Sierra Leone writer Aminatta Forna is one of the eight winners of the 2014 edition of the Windham Campbell Prize. Donald Windham and Sandy M.…
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