Pemi Aguda
Pemi Aguda | |
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Born | Nigeria |
Citizenship | Nigerian |
Education | University of Michigan MFA |
Known for | Ghostroots |
Awards | Writivism Short Story Prize O'Henry Prize |
Website | pemiaguda |
'Pemi Aguda is a Nigerian writer. Her first book, Ghostroots,[1] was longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction.[2] She received an O'Henry Prize in 2022[3] for her short story "Breastmilk" and a second in 2023 for "The Hollow".[4] "Breastmilk" was also shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing[5]. Aguda's novel-in-progress, The Suicide Mothers, won the 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Award.[6][7][8]
Early life and career
[edit]'Pemi Aguda is from Lagos, Nigeria, where she used to work in architecture. In 2015, she won the [Writivism Short Story Prize]] and became the recipient of the first Writivism Stellenbosch University writing residency.[9][10] She holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan's Helen Zell Writers' Program, where she won a Henfield Prize, a Tyson Prize, and several Hopwood Awards.[11]
Aguda's work has been supported by an Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship, a Juniper Summer Workshop scholarship, and an Aspen Words Emerging Writer Fellowship.[12] A graduate of the 2019 Clarion Workshop, she was a 2021 Miami Book Fair Fiction Fellow [13]and a 2022 MacDowell Fellow in Literature.[14] She is currently the Hortense Spillers Assistant Editor at Transition Magazine.[15]
In September 2024, Aguda's debut collection Ghostroots was longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction.[16]
Works
[edit]Books
- Aguda, 'Pemi (2024). Ghostroots. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-1-324-06585-2
Anthologies
- These Words Expose Us
- Lagos Noir
References
[edit]- ^ "Ghostroots", W. W. Norton & Company.
- ^ Andrews, Meredith (13 September 2024). "2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Announcing the Winners of the 2022 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction". Literary Hub. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ Groff, Lauren (24 April 2023). "Announcing the Winners of the 2023 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction". Literary Hub. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "The Caine Prize for African Writing announces its 2024 Shortlist". The Caine Prize for African Writing. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Pemi Aguda Wins 2020 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award". Brittle Paper. 18 May 2020.
- ^ Murua, James (12 May 2020). "Pemi Aguda wins UK's Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2020". Writing Africa.
- ^ "Home". deborahrogersfoundation.org.
- ^ Miscellaneous (15 July 2015). "Interview - Pemi Aguda - Winner of the 2015 Writivism Short Story Competition". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ Murua, James (31 March 2016). "Pemi Aguda is first Writivism Stellenbosch University writing residency recipient". Writing Africa. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "About". 'Pemi Aguda. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ Corea, Nicole (27 February 2020). "Announcing the 2020 Class of Emerging Writer Fellows". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Emerging Writer Fellowships / 2021 Fellows". Miami Book Fair. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Pemi Aguda - MacDowell Fellow in Literature". MacDowell. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "'Pemi Aguda, Keith Jones, and Enzo Silon Surin | Brookline Booksmith". brooklinebooksmith.com. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "The 2024 National Book Awards Longlist". The New Yorker. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Quotations related to Pemi Aguda at Wikiquote