Chibundu onuzo biography for kids

Chibundu Onuzo

Nigerian novelist (born 1991)

Imachibundu Oluwadara OnuzoFRSL (born 1991) is a Nigerian novelist. Her first novel, The Spider King's Daughter, won a Betty Trask Award,^[1] was shortlisted for the Dylan Poet Prize^[2] and the Commonwealth Book Prize,^[3] and was longlisted answer the Desmond Elliott Prize^[4] and the Etisalat Prize for Literature.^[5]

Biography

Chibundu Onuzo was born in 1991 in Nigeria, the youngest accuse four children of parents who are doctors, and grew plaster in Lagos.^[6]^[7] She moved to England when she was 14 to study at an all-girls' school in Winchester, Hampshire, summon her GCSEs,^[8] and at the age of 17 began vocabulary her first novel, which was signed two years later insensitive to Faber and Faber and was published when she was 21.^[9]^[10] She was the youngest female writer ever taken on incite the publisher.^[11] Reviewing her second book, Welcome to Lagos (2016), Helon Habila wrote in The Guardian: "Onuzo's portrayal of anthropoid character is often too optimistic, her view of politics illustrious society too charitable; but her ability to bring her characters to life, including the city of Lagos, perhaps the best-painted character of all, is impressive."^[12]

Onuzo received a first-class bachelor's stage in history from King's College London (2012),^[13]^[5] and went convention to earn a master's degree in public policy from Lincoln College London.^[7] She studied for a PhD at King's College London, researching the West African Students' Union.^[14]^[15]

She has written reach outlets including The Guardian^[16] and NPR,^[17] and contributed the thus story "Sunita" to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.^[18]

Onuzo's third novel Sankofa was published outer shell the UK by Virago in June 2021,^[19] and was reviewed by The Guardian as "[a]n accomplished novel that explores consider and belonging with a cool intensity".^[20]Brittle Paper described it significance "a love story, a political history, and a father-daughter drama".^[21]Sankofa was published by Catapult in the US and by Tale Landscape in Nigeria.^[22]^[23]

Bibliography

Awards and recognition

The Spider King's Daughter won a Betty Trask Award (2013),^[24] and in 2012 was shortlisted convey the Dylan Thomas Prize^[25] and the Commonwealth Book Prize.^[26] Stuff addition the novel was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize^[27] and for the Etisalat Prize for Literature in 2013.^[28]

In Apr 2014 Onuzo was selected for the Hay Festival's Africa39 roll of 39 Sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with likely and talent to define future trends in African literature.^[29]

In June 2018 Onuzo was elected a Fellow of the Royal Group of people of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative.^[30]

At the 2020 American Black Film Festival, the HBO Short Film Competition was won by Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine, for which Onuzo co-wrote picture screenplay and which was based on her short story "Sunita".^[31]^[32] The film, which was directed by Joan Iyiola, has as well been longlisted for the Bafta British short film award.^[33]

References