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Chris Abani
Abani in 2007
Ọjọ́ìbíChristopher Abani
27 December 1966 (1966-12-27) (ọmọ ọdún 59)
Afikpo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Iṣẹ́Author, poet, professor
Websitechrisabani.com
The poem "Ode to Joy" on a wall in the Dutch city of Leiden

Christopher Abani (tí a bí ní ọjọ́ kẹtàdínlọ́gbọ̀n oṣù Kejìlá ọdún 1966) jẹ́ ounkọ̀wé ọmọ orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà.Christopher Abani je omo bibi ipinle Ebonyi. Ó máa n sọ pé óun jẹ́ ókan nínú àwọn akọ̀wé tuntun láti Nàìjíríà tí ń ṣiṣẹ́ láti fi irírí àwọn tí wọ́n bí sí Nàìjíríà tí wọn ní ìṣòro hàn fún àwọn tí ń ka Gẹ̀ẹ́sì.

Ìtàn ìgbésí ayé ara ẹni

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Abani tí a bí ní Afikpo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Ebonyi, ní gúúsù ìlà oòrùn Nàìjíríà. Bàbá rẹ̀ jẹ́ ọmọ Igbo, ìyá rẹ̀ sì jẹ́ ọmọ ìran ilẹ̀ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì[1].

Abani tẹ̀ ìwé àkọ́kọ́ rẹ̀ jáde, Masters of the Board, ní ọdún 1985 nígbà tí ó jẹ́ ọmọ ọdún mẹ́rìndínlógún (16)[2]. Ó jẹ́ ìtàn ìjàfààrọ̀ olóṣèlú tí ó dá lórí ìfipágbàjọba ológun tí wọ́n ṣe ní Nàìjíríà ní àsìkò náà. Wọ́n tìí mọ́lé fún oṣù mẹ́fà ní ììfura pé ó gbìyànjú láti yí ìjọba padà[3]. Ó tẹ̀síwájú láti máa kọ̀we lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n tu ú sílẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n tún tún tì mọ́lẹ́ fún ọdún kan lẹ́yìn tí ó tẹ̀ ìwé rẹ̀ Sirocco jáde ní ọdún 1987[4]. Ní àsìkò yìí, wọ́n tìí mọ́n ọgbà ẹ̀wọ̀n Kiri Kiri tí ó gbajúmọ̀, tí wọn sì dá ṣẹ̀ríà fún[5]. Lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n tún tu ú sílẹ̀, ó kọ ọ̀pọ̀ eré ìtakò ìjọba tí wọ́n ṣe ní ojú ọ̀nà níwájú ọ́fíìsì ìjọba fún ọdún méjì. Wọ́n tún tìí mọ́lé fún ìgbà ẹ̀kẹta, wọ́n sì ,kaa mọn ara àwọn tí wọn fẹ́ pa, ìyẹn “death row[6].” Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ rẹ̀ ti fún àwọn alákóso ìjọba ní owó àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ fún ìtúsílẹ̀ rẹ̀ ní ọdún 1991, wọ́n sì kúrò ní Nàìjíríà pẹ̀lú ìyá rẹ̀ àti àwọn arákùnrin mẹ́rin rẹ̀, wọ́n lọ sí Ilẹ̀ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì, wọ́n sì gbé níbẹ̀ títí di ọdún 1999[7]. Lẹ́yìn náà, ó kó lọ sí Orílẹ̀-Èdè Amẹ́ríkà, níbi tí ó n gbé títí di òní[8].

Ètò-èkó àti Iṣẹ́ ṣíṣe

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Abani gba ìwé-ẹ̀rí B.A nínú English and Literary Studies ní Fásitì ti ìpínlẹ̀ Imo, orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà, M.A nínú Gender and Culture ní Birkbeck College, University of London, M.A nínú Imo-ede Geesi ní University of Southern California, àti Ph.D nínú Creative Writing and Literature ní University of Southern California[9].

Abani ti gba àmì ẹ̀yẹ PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, Prince Claus Awards ti ọdún 2001, Lantern Literary Fellowship, California Book Award, Hurston-Wright Legacy Award àti Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Díẹ̀ nínú àwọn ewì rẹ̀ jáde nínú jọ́nà kan lórí ẹ̀rọ ayárabíáṣàá Blackbird. Láti ọdún 2007 sí ọdún 2012, ó jẹ́ ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n ti Creative Writing ní University of California, Riverside.

Lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́, óun ni Olùdarí ètò ẹ̀kọ́ nípa Afrika ní Northwestern University[10]. O tun wà nínú àwọn olùdarí ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n fún èdè gẹ̀ẹ́sì níbẹ̀[11].

Ìwé ewì rẹ̀ Sanctificum (tí Copper Canyon Press gbé jáde, ní ọdún 2010), jẹ́ àkójọ ewì tí ó dá lórí àṣà ẹ̀sìn, èdè Igbo tí o jẹ́ ìpìlẹ rẹ̀ ní Nàìjíríà àti orin reggae sí i gẹ́gẹ́ bí orin ìfẹ́ adúróṣinṣin tí kò ní ìyàsọtọ̀..

Irin-àjò rẹ̀ sípò olùtẹ̀wéjáde mú kí ó dá Black Goat poetry series sílẹ̀, tí ó jẹ́ apá Akashic Books[12] ní New York. Àwọn akéwì bí Kwame Dawes, Christina Garcia, Kate Durbin, Karen Harryman, Uche Nduka, Percival Everett, Khadijah Queen àti Gabriela Jauregui ti tẹ̀ ìwé jáde lábẹ́ Black Goat[13].

Ìwé ìtàn ọdaran Abani, The Secret History of Las Vegas, gba Edgar Allan Poe Award fún Best Paperback Original ní ọdún 2015[14].

Ní ìgbà ooru ọdún 2016, wọ́n tẹ àkójọpọ̀ iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ jáde ní Israel lábẹ́ ile-ìtẹ̀jáde olominira Ra'av pẹ̀lú orúkọ Shi'ur Geografia (“Geography Lesson”) tí àtúnṣe rẹ̀ wáyé láti ọwọ́ Noga Shevach àti olùkọwé Eran Tselgov. Wọ́n gba ìwé náà dáadáa, wọ́n sì fi hàn àwọn olùkà èdè Heberu àwọn ewì Abani fún ìgbà àkọ́kọ́.

Ààtò àwọn ìwé tí ó ti tẹ̀

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Novels

Novellas

Poetry

Essays

  • The Face (Restless Books, 2014)

Àwọn Àmì Ẹ̀yẹ tí ó gbà

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Ní ọdún 2001, Abani gba Middleton Fellowship láti University of Southern California[15]. Ní ọdún 2003, ó gba Lannan Foundation Literary Fellowship[16], pẹ̀lú Hellman/Hammet Grant láti Human Rights Watch[17].

Ní ọdún 2006, Becoming Abigail ni wọ́n yan gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìwé Editor’s Choice fún The New York Times[18], àti Critic’s Choice fún Chicago Reader[19]. Ó tún jẹ́ ìwé tí wọ́n yan fún book club ní Essence Magazine[20] àti Black Expressions[21].

Ní ọdún 2007, The Virgin of Flames[22] àti Song for Night[23] jẹ́ àwọn ìwé Editor’s Choice fún The New York Times. The Virgin of Flames tún jẹ́ Barnes & Noble Discovery Selection[24], tí Becoming Abigail sì jẹ́ ìwé inú yàrá ìkàwé ti New York fún àwọn ọ̀dọ́[25].

Ní ọdún 2008, Abani gba Distinguished Humanist Award láti University of California, Riverside[26].

Ní ọdún 2009, Abani gba Guggenheim Fellowship ní ẹ̀ka ìtàn àròsọ (Fiction)[27].

Awards for Abani's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2001 PEN USA West Freedom-to-Write Award [28]
Prince Claus Award for Literature & Culture [29]
2002 Imbongi Yesizwe Poetry International Award [30]
2005 "Blooding" in StoryQuarterly Pushcart Prize Nominee [31]
GraceLand PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel Winner [30][32]
GraceLand Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Novel Winner [33][34]
GraceLand California Book Award for Fiction Silver Medal [35]
GraceLand Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction Finalist [36]
GraceLand Commonwealth Writers Prize Best Books (Africa Region) Finalist [37]
2006 "A Way To Turn This To Light" Pushcart Prize for Poetry Nominee [38]
GraceLand International Dublin Literary Award Shortlist [39]
2007 Becoming Abigail PEN/Beyond Margins Award Finalist [40]
Sanctificum Pushcart Prize for Poetry Nominee [41]
2008 Song For Night PEN/Beyond Margins Award Winner [42]
The Virgin of Flames Lamada Award Nominee [43]
2009 Song For Night St. Francis College Literary Prize Shortlist [44]
2015 The Secret History of Las Vegas Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original Winner [45]

Àwọn Ìtọ́kasí

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  1. ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-18-ca-abani18-story.html
  2. ↑ http://www.poemhunter.com/chris-abani/biography/
  3. ↑ https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/abani-chris-1967
  4. ↑ https://aceworldpub.com.ng/chris-abani-what-you-need-to-know-abou/
  5. ↑ "Ẹda pamosi". Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  6. ↑ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/chris-abani
  7. ↑ http://www.oxfordaasc.com/article/opr/t338/e0002
  8. ↑ http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/chris-abani
  9. ↑ https://english.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/abani-chris.html
  10. ↑ https://africanstudies.northwestern.edu/people/staff/
  11. ↑ https://english.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/abani-chris.html
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200718194144/http://sabiwriters.com/top-renowned-writer-africa/
  13. ↑ https://www.spokenwordarchive.org.uk/content/artist/chris-abani
  14. ↑ http://theedgars.com/awards/category-list-best-paperback-original/
  15. ↑ https://doi.org/10.17925%2Fusn.2016.12.01.22
  16. ↑ https://lannan.org/literary/awards-and-fellowships/fiction-awards
  17. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20200615142707/https://charterforcompassion.org/annotated-bibliography/contemporary-poetry
  18. ↑ https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/chris-abani/
  19. ↑ "Ẹda pamosi". Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  20. ↑ https://browngirlreading.com/tag/chris-abani/
  21. ↑ https://www.npr.org/books/titles/138344719/becoming-abigail
  22. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/books/review/0204bb-hardcover.html
  23. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/books/review/Casey-t.html
  24. ↑ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298926/the-virgin-of-flames-by-chris-abani/
  25. ↑ http://www.editorialempatia.com/
  26. ↑ "Ẹda pamosi". Archived from the original on 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  27. ↑ https://www.guernicamag.com/guernica_and_disquiet_internat/
  28. ↑ "Chris Abani". Official site of Chris Abani (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  29. ↑ "Chris Abani". Department of English: Northwestern University (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  30. 1 2 Àṣìṣe ìtọ́kasí: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :0
  31. ↑ "Community of Writers". Community of Writers (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  32. ↑ "PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel". PEN America (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  33. ↑ "Hurston/Wright Legacies for the Year". Shelf Awareness . 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  34. ↑ "Chris Abani, Blackbird". Blackbird. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  35. ↑ "Faculty Biographies | Master of Fine Arts in Writing". Pacific University (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  36. ↑ "2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  37. ↑ "Chris Abani: I'm as guilty as Achebe". The Sun Nigeria (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  38. ↑ "Poets – Vandal Poem of the Day" (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  39. ↑ "2006 Shortlist". International DUBLIN Literary Award (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-28. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  40. ↑ "Writers at Newark Reading Series: Adrian Matejka and Chris Abani | Rutgers University - Newark". www.newark.rutgers.edu (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-28. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  41. ↑ "Featured Poets | 2010 | Biennial Festivals | Programs | Split This Rock". www.splitthisrock.org. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  42. ↑ "Book News: PEN American Center Selects Beyond Margins Award Winners". Library Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  43. ↑ "April 2019". writing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  44. ↑ "St. Francis College Literary Prize; NAIBA Book Awards". Shelf Awareness. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  45. ↑ "Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book". Shelf Awareness. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
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