# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melatu-uche-okorie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:14:56.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melatu-uche-okorie"
name: "Melatu Uche Okorie"
slug: "melatu-uche-okorie"
description: "Melatu Uche Okorie is a Nigerian-Irish author and member of the Arts Council of Ireland. Her 2018 short story collection, This Hostel Life, was shortlisted for the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year award at the Irish Book Awards, and adapted into an operatic work by the Irish National Opera."
tagline: "Nigerian-born Irish author"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1975"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           34.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.401548
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Melatu_Uche_Okorie"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatu_Uche_Okorie"
    title: "Melatu Uche Okorie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatu_Uche_Okorie"
    title: "Melatu Uche Okorie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatu_Uche_Okorie"
    title: "Melatu Uche Okorie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatu_Uche_Okorie"
    title: "Melatu Uche Okorie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melatu_Uche_Okorie"
    title: "Melatu Uche Okorie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%B9%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%86%DB%92_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%92"
    title: "میلاٹو اوچے اوکورے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Melatu_Uche_Okorie"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96213028"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump