Inua Ellams

Inua Ellams FRSL (born 1984 in Jos, Nigeria)[1] is a UK-based poet, playwright and performer. Ellams has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company,[2] Royal National Theatre and the BBC.

His one-man show The 14th Tale was the awarded a Edinburgh Fringe First at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2009 and later transferred to the Royal National Theatre. Barber Shop Chronicles, his play produced by the National Theatre and Fuel Theatre, was shortlisted the Alfred Fagon Award in 2017.[3]

In June 2018 Ellams was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Inua Ellams - Literature". literature.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  2. ↑ "'The first time I read Shakespeare's The Tempest, I got angry.', The Cultural Frontline - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  3. ↑ "2017 Awards - Alfred Fagon Award". Alfred Fagon Award. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  4. ↑ Flood, Alison (2018-06-28). "Royal Society of Literature admits 40 new fellows to address historical biases". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
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