Irenosen Okojie

Irenosen Okojie is a Nigerian-born short story and novel writer working in London. Her stories incorporate magic realism and also make use of her West African heritage. Her first novel, Butterfly Fish won a Betty Trask Award in 2016.

Irenosen Okojie
Born
Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
British
Alma materLondon Metropolitan University
Notable work
Butterfly Fish (2016)
AwardsBetty Trask Award

Biography

Irenosen Okojie was born in Nigeria. When she was eight her family moved to Britain. Okojie attended Gresham's Boarding School in Holt, Norfolk, before going on to St Angela's Convent School in east London and then to Stamford Boarding School for girls. Okojie returned to London to complete her education and then attended London Metropolitan University, where she studied Communications and Visual Culture. Okojie is an Arts Project Manager and curator based in London. She won a Betty Trask Award in 2016 for her debut novel, Butterfly Fish.[1] In 2018 Okojie was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She has been published in The New York Times, The Observer, The Guardian, the BBC and the Huffington Post. She is also a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.[2]

Okojie has had her work nominated for a number of awards and she has been a judge for other literary competitions.[3][4][5][6][7]

She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018.[8] On 19th May 2020, she was shortlisted for the Caine Prize.[9]

Bibliography
  • Speak Gigantular (short stories), 2016
  • Butterfly Fish (novel), 2016
  • Nudibranch, 2019[10]

References and sources
  1. "Betty Trask Prize and Award Winners 2016", The Society of Authors, June 2016.
  2. "New Daughters of Africa Cambridge Literary Festival", Irenosen Okojie website, 9 April 2019.
  3. "Royal Society of Literature » Irenosen Okojie". Royal Society of Literature. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  4. Evaristo, Bernardine (2016-11-24). "Speak Gigantular by Irenosen Okojie review – surreal tales of love and loneliness". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  5. "The Reader Berlin". The Reader Berlin. 2017-03-09. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  6. "TSS Publishing". The Short Story Interview: Irenosen Okojie. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  7. "Irenosen Okojie". Elise Dillsworth Agency. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  8. "Irenosen Okojie", Royal Society of Literature.
  9. "Irenosen Okojie", Caine Prize.
  10. Okojie, Irenosen (2019-11-07). Nudibranch: A collection of short stories. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9780349700908.
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